Feb 28, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

56789. OKAY, WE HAVE NINE AND I'M WAITING FOR ONE MORE TO

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BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START THE NON VOTING THE NON. ACTION ITEMS. SO WE WILL BYPASS THE ROLL CALL THE RECORDING IN PROGRESS AND THE AGENDA AND SO FORTH.

WE CAN START THEN WITH THE MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND BRIAN CALETKA CAN GUIDE US

[6. Municipal Capital Projects: www.my-mcps.org]

I'M BRIAN CALETKA WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

AND I'M GOING TO ADVISE YOU OF THE CURRENT CYCLE THAT WE'RE IN FOR SURTEX.

WE HAVE CARN. OH! OH! ARE YOU GOING TO FLIP IT FOR ME? OH. IT'S OKAY. SO THIS IS FOR THE 2024 OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH WE'RE CURRENTLY IN.

AND IT HAD PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS THE VARIOUS CYCLES.

AND THIS WOULD BE CYCLE FIVE.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, IF A DOLLAR OF SURTAX MONEY IS COLLECTED IN BROWARD COUNTY, 90% OF IT GOES TO BROWARD COUNTY TO DO COUNTYWIDE PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT THEY SEE FIT TO BETTER THE COMMUNITY.

10% GOES TO MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

OUT OF THAT 10%, THEY TAKE OFF THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE, WHICH IS FULLY PAID FOR BY BROWARD COUNTY.

NOW, WITH A COUPLE OF MINOR EXCEPTIONS, AND THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER GOES TO THE MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR US TO RANK AND RECOMMEND HERE AT THE MPO.

AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH OUR ONLY RESPONSIBILITY.

SO THERE'S A SECOND AMENDMENT WHICH GOVERNS ALL OF THIS PROCESS THAT ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE APPROVED.

ARE 29 OUT OF 31. THE MPO AND BROWARD COUNTY HAVE APPROVED THIS.

THESE ARE THE SEVEN CORE RESPONSIBILITIES SUCH AS THAT, THE BROWARD MAP. GENERAL COUNCIL HAS TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE PUT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION OF SURTAX MONEY ACTUALLY IS LEGALLY ELIGIBLE.

WE DO THE RANKING, WE DO THE RECOMMENDATION WITHIN THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE, THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE LEFT, OR OUR BUDGET THAT IS GIVEN TO US MID-APRIL.

WE ALSO EVALUATE THE CITY'S APPLICATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO, SUCH AS IF THEY HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THEIR COMMISSION OR COUNCIL THAT IT ACTUALLY IS UPLOADED.

AND IT'S NOT JUST A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER OR A RECEIPT FOR LUNCH.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM HONEST.

AND FINALLY, ONCE IT GETS APPROVED, THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR PUTS THE PROJECTS INTO A FIVE YEAR PLAN. SO HERE'S THE COMPLICATED PROCESS.

BUT IT STARTS WITH THE CITIES GOING TO OUR WEB PAGE AND STARTING AN APPLICATION.

THERE ARE THREE STEPS FOR THEM TO FILL OUT AND FULLY VET A PROJECT DURING THE OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH IS NOW AND ENDS ON MARCH 8TH.

THEIR STAFF CAN GO IN AND PUSH SUBMIT, WHICH MEANS THAT THAT PROJECT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.

THE GENERAL COUNCIL DOES THE ELIGIBILITY REVIEW AND THEN WE EVALUATE THE, THE PROJECTS, MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.

WE RANK THEM AND THEN WE RECOMMEND TO BROWARD COUNTY, IT GOES TO THEIR OVERSIGHT BOARD.

THAT'S INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT FOR THEM TO EVALUATE, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS ALL OF THE STATE STATUTES.

AND IF THEY APPROVE, THEN THE PROJECTS GO TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO BE APPROVED IN THEIR BUDGET FOR TWO BUDGET HEARINGS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND IF THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVES IT, THEN THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR PUTS THOSE PROJECTS INTO A FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO WE HAVE A WEB PAGE.

MY HYPHEN MIKKIE.ORG THAT EVERYBODY CAN GO TO.

IT HAS INFORMATION NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY STAFF, BUT IT HAS INFORMATION FOR A SPECIFIC AREA FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS OR JUST GENERAL INQUIRIES. LIKE, WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM ABOUT? AND I WANT TO LEARN MORE.

WE POST LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS.

YOU CAN GO TO OUR HOME PAGE, SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

THERE'S A SECTION WHERE YOU CAN REQUEST TO BE ON OUR MAILING LIST.

SO IF SOMETHING COMES OUT, YOU WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION. AND THERE'S A DIRECT LINK FOR THE CITY STAFF TO GO INTO AND BUILD THOSE THREE STEPS TO BUILD AN APPLICATION.

AND THIS IS WHAT THE INFORMATION LOOKS LIKE THAT WE REQUEST FROM THEM.

SO IN STEP ONE, IT'S JUST GENERAL INFORMATION, LIKE WHERE DOES THIS PROJECT BEGIN? WHERE DOES IT END? WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT IS IT? IS IT EXPANDING A LANE? IS IT ADDING BIKE LANES? DOES IT CONNECT TO AN EXISTING FACILITY? IS IT IN A SCHOOL ZONE? SO THEY CHECK ALL OF THE BOXES THAT ARE JUST GENERALLY DESCRIBED IN THAT APPLICATION.

I REVIEW ALL THE INFORMATION AND THEN ONCE I APPROVE IT, IT OPENS UP STEP TWO FOR THE CITY STAFF TO START POPULATING.

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SO THEY UPLOAD THE VOTES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN, THAT THEY SUPPORT IT, AND THEY ALSO SHOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE RIDERS RIGHT OF WAY OWNERSHIP OR IF THEY NEED SOMETHING ELSE.

AFTER THEY SUBMIT THAT, I REVIEW AND THEN I TURN ON STEP THREE.

STEP THREE IS ABOUT THE FUNDING, WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND ALL OF THOSE DETAILS, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO USE A CONSULTANT WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THE PROJECT YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE OR A CONSULTANT? SO THEY FILL THAT OUT.

AND THEN ONCE ALL THREE STEPS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, THEY'RE ALL GREEN. THEN DURING THE OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD, THEY HAVE A BUTTON THAT HIGHLIGHTS GREEN THAT THEY CAN JUST SIMPLY PUSH.

AND THAT MEANS THAT IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED. WE MADE IT SUPER EASY. WE MAINTAIN THESE IN THE DATABASE. SO NEXT YEAR, IF THAT PROJECT DID NOT GET FUNDING, THEN IT'S ALREADY UPLOADED.

WHEN THE OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD COMES, THEY CAN JUST PUSH SUBMIT AT THAT TIME AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO REENTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

SO THE DEADLINES, THIS OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD ACTUALLY CLOSES ON MARCH 8TH AT 5 P.M.. THAT 5 P.M. IS A HARD DEADLINE.

WE HAVE IT PROGRAMED WHERE IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF THE SUBMISSION, IT TURNS IT GRAY WHERE THEY CAN'T SUBMIT ANY PROJECT.

SO IF YOU'RE WORKING ON IT AS A CITY STAFF MEMBER AND IT TURNS 501, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

AND FINALLY, AT THE, OUR DELIVERABLES TO BROWARD COUNTY ARE DUE ON JUNE 1ST.

THAT'S WHEN OUR RANKINGS AND OUR RECOMMENDATION COMES OUT TO BROWARD COUNTY.

AND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF CYCLES, BROWARD COUNTY HAS BEEN QUICK TO SAY THAT WE CAN PUBLISH IT AND SEND IT TO ALL THE SINGLE POINT OF CONTACTS.

ANYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP ON OUR WEB PAGE TO FIND OUT WHO'S GETTING THE MONEY RECOMMENDED FOR THEIR PROJECTS NEXT YEAR, AND THAT COMES OUT ON JUNE 1ST.

SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE ONE. GREGORY. GAIL.

HI, BRIAN. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

COULD YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT ARE IS THEY'RE COMING BACK TO BROWARD? AND IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, WHAT WHAT NUMBER DO YOU USE AS PART OF THIS PROCESS? SO YOU'RE ESTIMATING HOW MANY DOLLARS ARE COMING BACK TO THE COUNTY AND IS THAT FORECAST ACCURATE? SO WHEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER, IF THAT NUMBER INCREASES, ARE YOU ABLE TO ALLOCATE MORE DOLLARS? IF THAT NUMBER IS LESS THAN WHAT YOU'RE EXPECTING, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE? SO IN GENERAL, IT'S RAISING ABOUT $470 MILLION ANNUALLY.

AND THAT MEANS ABOUT 47 MILLION COMES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE.

ACTUALLY, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE TO BUY NEW BUSSES EVERY FIVE YEARS, THEY PUT IT ON A HIGH ROTATION FOR REPLACEMENT LEAVES IN THE BALLPARK OF ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR US TO USE FOR CITY PROJECTS.

THE FORECASTS HAVE BEEN FAIRLY GOOD.

THEY COME FROM THE STATE AND TO BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY JUST DO THE 10%.

IN THE PAST, IT HAS FALLEN A LITTLE SHORT, AND BROWARD COUNTY CHOSE NOT TO REDUCE ANY NUMBER OF PROJECTS. THEY ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD AND JUST USED SOME OF THAT OTHER 90% TO SUPPLEMENT THE BUDGET THAT CLOSED DOWN ON THEM.

AND WE HAVE HAD WHERE THERE HAS BEEN MORE MONEY IN THE PAST AND THEY HAVE ACTUALLY COME BACK TO US AFTER JUNE 1ST AND SAID, PLEASE RECOMMEND MORE PROJECTS.

AND WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE OF NEW ONES AND THEN MADE THE NEW ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE'VE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS FUNDED.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND REAL QUICK, THAT'S JUST MY CONTACT INFORMATION. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS LATER, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME.

OH, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION.

DON'T GO AWAY. OH, I MAY I MAY ENTER A LITTLE LATE, BUT WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM YOU CAN AWARD TO ONE CITY? THERE IS ACTUALLY NO MAXIMUM.

HOWEVER, IF THE PROJECT COST GOES OVER $12 MILLION, IT WILL BE IN MORE THAN ONE FUNDING YEAR.

SO MIRAMAR, FOR INSTANCE, HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS ABOUT 54 MILLION.

AND SO WE CHOSE TO FUND JUST 10 MILLION EVERY YEAR UNTIL WE MET THE 54.

AND YOU'VE ONLY YOU'RE ONLY ASSIGNING LIKE 20 MILLION.

YOU SAID PER YEAR. YES.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR. OKAY.

I THINK THAT IS IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, SO I DECLARE THE MEETING IN ORDER,

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM, THEN, IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - January 24, 2024]

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WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY, LET US VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SIMILARLY WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA FOR THIS

[4. Approval of Agenda]

QUESTIONS AT ALL? NO. OKAY.

PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU.

AT THIS POINT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I SEE NONE. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAD THE MCP PRESENTATION BY BRIAN, SO WE CAN GO TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM WHICH

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT Smoothed and Adjusted 2020 Census Urban Area Boundary (UAB)]

RAJ. THANK YOU. I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PRONUNCIATION OF MY NAME.

THANK YOU. ROGER, YOU CORRECTLY PRONOUNCED IT AND I'M WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING OFFICE.

AND TODAY WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU WHAT WE HAVE DONE THUS FAR WITH THE 2020 CENSUS DATA THAT WE RECEIVED AND THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY SMOOTHING THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH.

SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, CENSUS DATA COMES OUT EVERY TEN YEARS.

LAST TIME WE ADDED IN 2020.

RECENTLY, THE ONES BEFORE WAS 2010.

IN 2010, I WAS NOT WITH THE DOT.

THEREFORE I DID NOT GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT 2020, I'VE BEEN GIVEN THE THE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESIGNATION AND ROADWAY FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION DESIGNATION.

BUT FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE OUR CONSULTING PARTNERS.

TINA MCKINNEY AND GENELIA LIU THAT THEY, THEY HAVE DONE THIS TEN YEARS AGO.

SO WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THEY HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE.

WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS THROUGH.

BESIDES, TINA WAS A FORMER FDOT EMPLOYEE AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

IN FACT, SHE USED TO REVIEW THESE THINGS AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL.

SO WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THEM ON OUR SIDE SO THAT WE CAN GET THIS THROUGH.

TRY TO GET IT APPROVED EASILY.

HOPEFULLY. HOPEFULLY EASILY.

IF YOU WANT ANY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CENSUS DATA.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT'S IN THERE AND YOU CAN CLICK ON IT AND YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1910 AND TRYING TO FIND OUT THE DATA THAT WAS PUBLISHED YOU KNOW, FROM THAT TIME ON. SO THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY IS DETERMINED PRIMARILY ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OR THE POPULATION OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN A CENSUS BLOCK.

SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS DONE IN 2010 2010.

THEY USED THE CENSUS TRACT INSTEAD OF CENSUS BLOCK.

SO THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SLIGHT CHANGES, BUT YOU WILL SEE AT THE END THERE ISN'T MUCH CHANGE FROM WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, ESPECIALLY IN BROWARD COUNTY, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE COUNTY FALLS UNDER THE URBAN URBAN AREA.

THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION PORTION OF IT.

IT WILL START AFTER WE FINISH WITH THE URBAN BOUNDARY SMOOTHING.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE STARTED WORKING ON IT, BUT NOT IN THE FULL FORCE.

THERE'S A SLIGHT OVERLAP THAT'S GOING, GOING, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY AND THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

WE WILL BE MUCH MORE ENGAGED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES ONCE WE GET TO THE FUNCTIONAL FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

BUT TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE URBAN BOUNDARY DESIGNATION.

SO IN JANUARY OF 2023, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE RECEIVED THE CENSUS DATA AND THEY LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH IT.

AND THEN THEY PROVIDED THAT DATA TO US.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MPOS, TPUS, TPUS, AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SMOOTH THE, THE BOUNDARIES THAT THEY GIVEN US.

WE HAVE COME UP WITH A DRAFT WHICH IS GOING TO BE SENT TO TO CENTRAL OFFICE, THEN EVENTUALLY EVENTUALLY TO FHWA.

IN FACT, WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE BROWARD COUNTY TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

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SO THE HOPE IS THAT WE CAN GET AN YES FROM THE FROM THE FHWA.

IF WE DO GET A NO, IT'LL COME BACK TO US.

WE NEED TO COME UP WITH REASONING FOR THE CHANGES THAT THEY'RE EXPECTING US TO DO.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE GET A CHANCE TO REBUT AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHY WE DON'T WANT TO GO WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, BUT WE ARE HOPING IT'S GOING TO BE AN A YES FROM THE CENTER, FROM THE FHWA. ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE FHWA, THE DOCUMENT WILL BE COMING BACK TO US TO GET IT SIGNED. THEY'LL SIGN IT, SEND IT TO US, AND WE WERE HOPING IT WILL HAPPEN IN JANUARY. AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO MARCH, BUT WE'RE NOT WAY BEHIND BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE URBAN BOUNDARY AND THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TIME DOING COMPLETING THE WHOLE PROCESS.

ONCE WE GET THE SIGNATURES, IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH MAP COPIES AND WE WILL GO AND UPDATE THE RCI, WHICH IS THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS INVENTORY THAT THE FDOT MAINTAINS.

AND THAT BRINGS TO A CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO THIS IS THE TWO TWO PORTION.

THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE FUNCTIONAL ROADWAY.

FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.

THE LEFT SIDE IS THE CENSUS URBAN AREA BOUNDARY.

I MEAN URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESIGNATION.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S AN OVERLAP IN THE MIDDLE.

THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.

BEGINNING OF 2024. AND WE ARE HOPING BY END OF MARCH WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET ALL THE URBAN BOUNDARY DESIGNATION FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

THAT'S FIVE COUNTIES APPROVED BY THE FHWA.

SO SOME OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN IN DOING THE THE DESIGNATION OF THE URBAN BOUNDARY. WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPLIT ROADWAYS OR RAMPS, BUT WE HAVE SEEN FROM THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US OR THE MAP THAT WAS GIVEN TO US, THERE WERE A LOT OF ROADWAYS THAT ARE KIND OF THE URBAN BOUNDARY THAT GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF A ROADWAY.

THE REASON BEING, THE BLOCKS SOMETIMES GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY.

THEREFORE, THE MAP SHOWS THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY.

AND THAT'S THE REASON WE ARE DOING THE SMOOTHING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BRING IT OUT SO THAT THE ENTIRE ROADWAY IS INCLUDED IN THE URBAN BOUNDARY. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CONTIGUOUS AREA.

WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE LIKE LITTLE BLOCKS OF URBAN AREAS.

YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO SMOOTH IT OUT AND BRING THEM TOGETHER.

SHOULD BE EASY TO DISCERN, SHOULD BE SIMPLE WITHOUT IRREGULARITIES.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR SMOOTHING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THE BLOCKS. YOU TEND TO SEE A LOT OF RAGGED EDGES ON THE BOUNDARIES.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE HAVE SMOOTHED IT OUT AND YOU'LL SEE IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE CLEARER OR CLEANER.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IN DISTRICT FOUR, NOT IN BROWARD COUNTY, IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE DO HAVE SOME MUNICIPALITIES.

THAT INCLUDES BOTH URBAN AND RURAL DESIGNATIONS.

THEREFORE, THAT IS AN EXCEPTION FOR US FOR DISTRICT FOUR.

SO, BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND GOT THAT THROUGH SHOULD, SHOULD INCLUDE AREAS WITH URBAN CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS AIRPORTS, INDUSTRIAL AREAS, TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS, MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS, ETC., THAT THAT FALLS WITHIN AN URBAN AREA.

SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN, YOU KNOW, BEING IN A IN AN URBAN AREA OR IN A RURAL AREA WHERE THE HIGHWAY FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION WILL BE DIFFERENT? RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE IN RURAL AREA, IT WOULD BE A RURAL ARTERIAL OR RURAL RURAL COLLECTOR. IF YOU'RE IN URBAN, IT'LL BE AN URBAN ARTERIAL OR AN URBAN COLLECTOR, RIGHT? IN BROWARD COUNTY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHEN I SHOW THE MAP, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES.

THE ENTIRE COUNTY FALLS IN URBAN.

THEREFORE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONCERN.

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THE HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MONITORING SYSTEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REPORT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ROADWAYS.

AND IF IT'S IN URBAN, YOU KNOW, THE STATISTICS CAN GET CHANGED BECAUSE OF WHAT CLASSIFICATION IS, FALLS UNDER THE GRANTS.

THAT'S THE MAIN THING. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN URBAN OR IF YOU'RE IN RURAL, WHAT KIND OF GRANTS THAT YOU CAN GET FOR THE ROADWAY PROJECTS WILL CHANGE AGAIN.

BROWARD COUNTY. WE ARE WE FALL THE ENTIRE COUNTY WITHIN THE URBAN AREA.

THEREFORE, NOT MUCH CHANGES.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE GRANTS, YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE ON MY SLIDE I HAVE LISTED SOME OF THE GRANTS, BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER GRANTS THAT THAT CAN BE USED. SO FINALLY, HERE'S THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY ON THE LEFT SIDE IN PURPLE, YOU SEE THE 2020 CENSUS URBAN AREA BOUNDARY.

THAT'S WHAT WAS GIVEN TO US BY THE FHWA.

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ONE THING TO POINT OUT TO YOU BY US 27 AND 595 I 75 YOU CAN SEE WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT TO INCLUDE ENTIRE US 27 INTO THE BOUNDARY.

SO IF I WERE TO PUT IT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.

YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE AREAS THAT ARE PROTRUDING OUT ARE IN PINK.

THOSE ARE THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE ADDED.

BUT WE ALREADY RECEIVED COMMENTS.

THAT AREA THAT'S PROTRUDING INTO THE OCEAN CENTRAL OFFICE SAID THAT'S GOING TOO FAR INTO THE OCEAN. WE NEED TO PULL IT BACK.

SO WE HAVE CHANGED IT.

SO THE MAPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO THE THE REVISED MAP ARE GOING TO BE SENT OUT TO THE BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE CENTRAL OFFICE WILL NOT HAVE THAT LITTLE SLIVER OF PINK THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE MAP.

THAT WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPLE THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE.

HOWEVER, ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE MAP, YOU WILL SEE THE CHANGES THAT POINTED OUT THOSE EXTRA PINK AREAS ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW BOUNDARY.

SO THIS IS WHAT THE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND TO THE FHWA IF YOU ALL NEED TO.

IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, YOU CAN.

YOU KNOW, AFTER TODAY'S MEETING YOU CAN CALL MYSELF.

CHRISTINA IS NOT WITH THE WITH PLANNING OFFICE OR OUR CONSULTANT GENELIA LIU.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY MORE DETAILS OR ANY CLARIFICATION THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU NEED. SO LET ME GO BACK TO THE MAPS.

AND AT THIS POINT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO MICHAEL SMITH THIS CAME ABOUT WAS I, I WAS READING SOME OF THE MATERIALS, WHICH I SORT OF STARTED TO GO TO SLEEP WITH.

BUT ONE OF THEM AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE SOURCE IS.

SOMEWHERE IN THE DATA.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A REVISION OF THE WAY THAT THE NEXT CENSUS IS TAKEN ABOUT COUNTING POPULATION PER TRACT IN PER CENSUS TRACT IN IN THE AREA.

SO THE CENSUS, AS I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS HERE THAT IS THE NUMBER OF POPULATION OF ANYONE AREA.

AND IT IT IS THE BASIS FOR HOW TRANSPORTATION FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE ALLOCATED.

SO. I THOUGHT I READ WHERE THE CENSUS WILL BE TAKEN BY COUNTING HOUSES INSTEAD OF OTHER, OTHER METHODS.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE DO YOU KNOW OF ANY DETAILS ABOUT THAT? IF NOT, I'LL, I'LL DEFER TO EMAIL OR WRITING AFTER THE MEETING OR LATER, BUT THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OUT OF COUNTY IN THE MIAMI PAPER HAD A, AN ARTICLE EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE THE CITY OF HIALEAH IN MIAMI-DADE HAS MANY MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTRA ROOMS OR EXTRA BUILDINGS ON A PROPERTY WHERE THERE'S A MAIN HOUSE, AND THEN MAYBE THERE'LL BE A COUPLE OF RVS OR TRAILERS, AND ALL THESE MAY BE RENTED OUT.

I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT THAT'S A POSSIBILITY THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN ONE PROPERTY THAN IS IS NORMALLY COUNTED.

SO IF THEY'RE GOING TO REVISE THE METHOD OF COUNTING TO JUST THE BUILDING ITSELF YOU'RE GOING TO LOSE TRANSPORTATION MONEY FOR THE NEXT CENSUS.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, MR.

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SO WHEN YOU SAID NEXT CENSUS, YOU MEAN THE 2020 CENSUS, THE WAY THEY DESIGNATED THE URBAN AREA IS BASED ON EITHER 5000 PEOPLE TO THE CENSUS BLOCK OR 2000 HOUSING UNITS.

SO EXACTLY THE POINT THAT YOU'RE POINTING, YOU'RE MAKING YOU MAY HAVE LESS HOMES WITHIN A CENSUS TRACT, BUT THE POPULATION, IF IT GETS TO 5000, THEN IT GETS COUNTED. SO YOU MAY HAVE LESS THAN 2000 HOMES, BUT IF THE POPULATION IS 5000, THEN IT'S COUNTED AS PART OF THE CENSUS TRACT. SO IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.

IT'S BUILT IN. BESIDES, IN BROWARD COUNTY, THERE'S NO AREA IT'S GOING TO BE LEFT OUT. THE ENTIRE BROWARD COUNTY IS WITHIN THE URBAN AREA.

SO ALL THE URBAN AREA FUNDS THAT'S AVAILABLE OUT THERE WILL BE APPLICABLE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE REASSURING WORDS.

YOU'RE WELCOME. HEY, PHIL BUSEY, I THINK THIS SLIDE PARTLY ANSWERS MY QUESTION, WHICH IS TO HAVE AN OBJECTIVE DEFINITION DISTINGUISHING RURAL AND URBAN.

AND IT'S BASED UPON HOUSING UNITS.

OR POPULATION WITHIN A CENSUS BLOCK.

OKAY. AND NOW THE CENSUS BLOCK CAN CAN VARY IN SIZE.

I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE RON BERGERON LIVES OUT HERE, WEST, I MEAN, I, I WAS GIVEN THE NOD.

IT SAYS YES, IT CAN VARY BY SIZE.

THESE ARE THE EXPERTS WHO HAD THE WHO DID THE DEEP DIVE.

SO I RELY ON THEM FOR INFORMATION.

AND THEY SAID YES. OKAY.

IT CAN VARY IN SIZE. AND I GUESS THE REASON THE HOLLY LAKE AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF US 27 WAS EXPANDED WAS PROBABLY THE CENSUS BLOCK CHANGE, NOT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

COULD BE. YES, IT'S VERY LIKELY.

OKAY. WE DID COME ACROSS THOSE INSTANCES.

NOT MANY. NOT MUCH IN BROWARD COUNTY.

BUT AS WE WERE DOING THE NORTHERN COUNTIES, INDIAN RIVER, SAINT LUCIE, MARTIN COUNTIES, THERE WERE AREAS THAT WERE INCLUDED.

AND WE WERE WONDERING WHY THOSE PLACES ARE INCLUDED.

BUT WE REACHED THE SAME CONCLUSION LIKE WHAT YOU DID.

THAT'S PART OF OUR BLOCK.

OKAY. SO BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE BLOCK, IT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL.

AND PROBABLY THE SAME WITH MARKHAM PARK, WHICH WAS FORMALLY EXCLUDED AND IS NOW INCLUDED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY PARK RANGER LIVES THERE, BUT IT WOULD ONLY HAVE THE POPULATION OR HOUSING NUMBER IF IT WAS INCLUDED IN, IN A LARGER BLOCK WITH, WITH OTHER AREAS.

CORRECT. I HAVE THE MAP THAT'S SHOWING HERE.

I BELIEVE THE CENSUS DATA THAT WE RECEIVED INCLUDED MARKHAM PARK.

IT'S THE, IT'S THE AREA WEST OF MARKHAM PARK UP TO THE INTERCHANGE OF US 27 AND I-75 WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THEIR IN THEIR DEFINITION OF THE CENSUS.

I MEAN A URBAN AREA. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE SAID, NO, WE NEED TO INCLUDE THAT BECAUSE THAT INTERCHANGE IS IMPORTANT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONALITY OF BROWARD COUNTY TO THE CITY OF WESTON.

THEREFORE, WE HAVE SMOOTHED TO INCLUDE THE INTERCHANGE.

IN FACT, THEY DID COME BACK WITH A QUESTION SAYING, WHY DID WE INCLUDE IT? WE ARE REBUTTING THE FOR THAT BY SAYING WE WON'T INCLUDE IT BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT INTERCHANGE FOR BROWARD COUNTY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RAJ.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON TO THE FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS A ROUTE TO 2050.

MR. CHAIR, I THINK YOU NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

SURE. I'M SORRY. I'M ANXIOUS HERE.

WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. LET US VOTE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED.

JUSTIN PROFFITT, STILL WAITING.

THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, AS I SAID, WE HAVE THE FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM HERE,

[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) - Safety and Technology Funding Programs Update]

AND THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

CHRISTOPHER. YES. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, PRINCIPAL PLANNER AT THE MPO ALSO CO PROJECT MANAGING THE ROUTE TO 2050, ALSO KNOWN AS OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MTP FOR SHORT.

AND I WILL BE GIVING HALF OF THIS PRESENTATION.

THE OTHER HALF WILL BE GIVEN BY PETER GIES SITTING RIGHT HERE.

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WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION, A SERIES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING, STARTING WITH OUR RESILIENCY PRESENTATION THAT WE GAVE TO Y'ALL LAST MONTH.

THESE ARE PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON OUR EMPHASIS AREAS FOR OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. TODAY, WE'LL GO OVER SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, WE WILL SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION ON OUR HOUSING EMPHASIS AREA.

A LOT OF FUN STUFF COMING UP.

SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER SAFETY.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO REINTRODUCE OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE ESTABLISHING FOR OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE HAVE FOUR THAT ARE COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY TRANSIT HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY.

AND THEN WE HAVE SAFETY AND RESILIENCY OVER TO THE RIGHT, WHICH WILL HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDING PROGRAM FRAMEWORK AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL BE. SO SAFETY YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GRANT FOR OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROPOSAL THAT WE SUBMITTED.

THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION FURTHER INTO THIS MEETING. AND JAMES CROMAR IS HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

BUT WHAT THIS PRESENTATION IS, IS A IS TO SHARE SOME TRENDS THAT WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH OUR SAFETY ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID THROUGH THE MTP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR BEFORE WE, WE WERE AWARDED THAT GRANT.

SO THIS IS JUST REGULAR PROCESS FOR AN MDP UPDATE TO LOOK AT SAFETY TRENDS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY. SO FIRST UP LET'S LOOK AT SOME TRENDS.

TO THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE A CHART THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT BARS.

AND THEN A PIE CHART THAT SIGNIFIES ALL THE DIFFERENT CRASHES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS. SO VERY FIRST UP, SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT.

WE LOOK AT CRASHES WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2017 AND 2021.

SO A FIVE YEAR CRASH ANALYSIS WITH THOSE WITH ALL THOSE CRASHES THAT WE LOOKED AT, THERE WERE OVER 300 CRASHES THAT WERE REPORTED.

CAN YOU BELIEVE? SORRY, 300,000.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THERE WERE THAT MANY CRASHES? OF THOSE 300,000. 1000 OF THEM RESULTED IN FATALITIES AND THEN 4000 OF THEM RESULTED IN INCAPACITATING INJURY.

SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE CONSIDER SEVERE CRASHES.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SEVERE CRASHES WITHIN BROWARD. THE LIGHTER BLUE COLOR IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S REPRESENTED AS OUR OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS. SO ROADS THAT ARE ON OUR COUNTY FACILITIES AND OUR LOCAL FACILITIES.

AND THEN THE DARKER BLUE IS GOING TO BE WHAT'S REPRESENTING THE ON SYSTEM ROADWAYS.

SO THOSE ARE ROADWAYS THAT HAVE FDOT AS THEIR JURISDICTION, ALSO KNOWN AS STATE ROADWAYS.

SO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRENDS HERE, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH SUCH A CLOSE EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN THE ON SYSTEM AND OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS. ON SYSTEM ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 52.6% OF TOTAL SEVERE CRASHES WITHIN BROWARD, WHILE THE OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS CONTRIBUTE TO ABOUT 48.4% OF TOTAL SEVERE CRASHES WITHIN BROWARD. SOME TRENDS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CHART IS THAT ON SYSTEM ROADWAY CRASHES OF SEVERE CRASHES, THERE'S A HUGE THERE'S A LARGER DISCREPANCY WHEN IT COMES TO PEDESTRIANS REAR ENDS AND THEN SIDESWIPE CRASHES.

WE SEE A LOT MORE OF THAT ON THE ON SYSTEM FOR OFF SYSTEM.

WE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE FIXED OBJECT CRASHES AND THEN SINGLE VEHICLE CRASHES. THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE ROADWAY.

IF THEY SEE LIKE SOMETHING IN THE ROAD AND THEY TIP OVER AND THEN THE CAR CRASHES.

SO SO THOSE ARE SOME INITIAL TRENDS WHEN WE'RE COMPARING THE TWO SYSTEMS. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WANTED TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS.

WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? BECAUSE WITH THE LIMITED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING A FULL EMPHASIS ON THE OFF SYSTEM.

SO THE COUNTY AND LOCAL ROADS, BECAUSE FDOT ALREADY DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB OF ANALYZING THE SAFETY FOR THEIR ON SYSTEM AND, AND PROVIDING SAFETY SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE TYPES OF CRASHES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE OTHER PART THAT THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON AND FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON THAT. SO SOME TRENDS THAT WE SAW WHEN PEDESTRIANS ARE INVOLVED IN SEVERE CRASHES, THERE ARE 1515 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO RESULT IN INJURY OR FATALITY.

IT'S NOT A SURPRISE. PEOPLE DRIVE REALLY FAST.

YOU HIT A PEDESTRIAN, THEY'RE SOFT, THEY BREAK.

SO OF ALL OF OUR SEVERE CRASHES, ABOUT 36% OF THEM ARE A RESULT OF LANE DEPARTURES, 14% ARE A RESULT OF REAR ENDS AND 31% ARE A RESULT OF ANGLE OR LEFT TURN CRASHES, AND THEN ALL CRASHES THAT INVOLVE SPEEDING.

THERE ARE 11.2 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR FATALITY.

THOSE ARE JUST SOME TRENDS.

WE DO HAVE A LOT MORE ON OUR WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN EXPLORE.

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AND THERE'S A COUPLE MORE TRENDS THAT YOU CAN SEE BY SCROLLING THROUGH THAT. SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THIS INFORMATION. WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL OF THAT. WELL ONE OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE DID WAS LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGH POINTS THAT WE'RE SEEING? SO WE LOOKED AT ANGLE, LEFT TURN, AGING ROAD USERS, LANE DEPARTURES, PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE RELATED CRASHES, REAR ENDS AND MOTORCYCLES.

SO THOSE ARE OUR FOCUS AREAS AS WE WENT THROUGH OUR SAFETY ASSESSMENT.

AND BASED OFF OF THAT, WE WE IDENTIFIED THE INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDORS THAT HAVE THE HIGHEST OF THOSE FOCUS AREAS.

SO THAT RESULTED IN 58 CORRIDORS AND 36 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION, IT'S TIME FOR US TO RANK AND PRIORITIZE THOSE. BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR EQUITY AREAS. IS THERE A CORRELATION BETWEEN SAFETY AND EQUITY? WE THINK SO. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TO THE LEFT IS A MAP OF OUR EQUITY AREAS.

THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE THAT YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND. AND THEN THOSE PINK LINES AND THOSE BLACK INTERSECTIONS WITH THE YELLOW THOSE BLACK CIRCLES WITH THE YELLOW HALO. THOSE ARE THE PRIORITY INTERSECTIONS.

SO IF YOU SEE THOSE OVERLAID ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, A LOT OF THEM ARE FALLING ON THOSE DARKER BLUE AREAS.

SO NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS INFORMATION, LET'S START PUTTING SOME THINGS INTO ACTION.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT INFORMATION IS PASS THAT ON TO OUR TEAM WHO'S WORKING ON OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT ALSO KNOWN AS OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

SO THEY CAN USE THIS INFORMATION, ALL THIS GOOD ANALYSIS, ALL THIS GOOD DATA THAT WE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AS A BASIS FOR THEM TO START ESTABLISHING SOME POTENTIAL TREATMENTS FOR THESE CRASH LOCATIONS.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT'S WRAPPED UP IN THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.

SO THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN WILL ANALYZE THE ENTIRE BROWARD ROADWAY NETWORK, NOT JUST THE OFF SYSTEM, BUT ALSO THE ON SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUDGET TO DO ALL OF THAT, A LITTLE BIT MORE RESOURCES. SO THAT'LL BE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF ALL OF OUR SAFETY ISSUES.

WE WILL EXPLORE DIFFERENT FUNDING ALTERNATIVES TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS WITH THE STATE'S HELP FOR THEIR, FOR THEIR ROADWAYS OR THROUGH POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT WE CAN GO AFTER.

AND THEN WE, ONCE WE HAVE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, EVERY YEAR, WE WILL HAVE AN AMENDMENT CYCLE FOR THE 2050 MTP.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE PROJECTS INTO THE MTP ONCE THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER AND THEY HAVE A GOOD DEFINED SCOPES, AND THAT'S TECHNOLOGY.

GOOD EVENING, PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO. AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE TECHNOLOGY PORTION OF THIS PRESENTATION.

IT IS ONE OF THE EMPHASIS AREAS, AS WE'VE MENTIONED.

AND THOSE EMPHASIS AREAS ARE DEFINED BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR EACH OF OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATES.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THAT HOW THAT'S TRANSLATED INTO TRANSPORTATION, SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKING OF LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES OR SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT A LOT.

BUT IT ALSO EXTENDS BEYOND THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK BEING DONE ON THE SIGNAL SYSTEM AND ON DATA COLLECTION AND ON SIMULATION AND MODELING AS WELL.

THAT REALLY FALLS INTO THE SAME TECHNOLOGY CATEGORY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE THEMES AND THOSE THOSE ELEMENTS REALLY INCORPORATED HERE AS PART OF OUR TECHNOLOGY SECTION WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO WE'VE DIVIDED THE TECHNOLOGY SECTION OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN INTO THREE DISTINCT TIERS. ONE IS POWERING THE FUTURE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND PROVIDING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS THE ROLLOUT OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES.

THE SECOND TIER IS A DATA DRIVEN FUTURE. SO THAT'S COLLECTING MORE DATA ABOUT OUR ROADWAY SYSTEM AND USING ANALYTICS IN ORDER TO HELP US WITH THE THIRD TIER, WHICH IS THE DECISION MAKING PART.

AND THE DECISION MAKING REALLY INCORPORATES NEW WAYS OF DOING SIMULATION AND MODELING AS PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT THE PARTICULAR TIER TWO AND TIER THREE, SO THE DATA DRIVEN AND DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE REALLY HELP TO SUPPORT A LOT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE BY BROWARD COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON OUR ROADWAYS IN TERMS OF FIBER OPTIC DATA, TRANSMISSION LINES NEW TYPES OF SIGNALS THAT ARE MORE PREDICTIVE BLUETOOTH SENSORS AND CONNECTORS THAT ARE PROVIDING MORE INFORMATION.

SO THE BETTER WE CAN OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION AND ABSORB THAT INFORMATION AND ANALYZE IT,

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IT REALLY FOCUSES HEAVILY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE MOST RECENT TRANSPORTATION BILL. SO WE WANT TO SET ASIDE SOME FUNDING TO FUND EV INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THAT IS BY OPENING UP A COMPONENT OF OUR ANNUAL COMPETITIVE CYCLE OF THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM TO INCLUDE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENT.

SO IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS THROUGH THAT PROGRAM, WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES AND PARTNER AGENCIES TO SUBMIT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE WOULD LIKELY IDENTIFY A CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO GO OUT AND IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF THOSE AGENCIES, AND ALSO LOOK AT ROLLING IN LIKE A MAINTENANCE COMPONENT INTO THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD REALLY HELP JUMPSTART A LOT OF THAT ROLLOUT OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS PART OF THIS IS TRI-RAIL STATIONS. WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE COULD WHERE THERE'S PUBLIC LANDS AND WHERE WE COULD MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE.

YOU'LL SEE REPEATS OF SOME OF THE STATIONS ON HERE, AND THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO OWNERS AT SOME OF THESE PROPERTIES.

SO LIKE THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT AND DEERFIELD BEACH STATION, YOU HAVE FDOT WHO OWNS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, AND THEN THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT OPERATES TRI-RAIL, OWNS A PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.

SO WE'D LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH ALL THE OWNERS TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE TO IMPLEMENT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THESE LOCATIONS.

SO IN THE SECOND TIER, THE DATA DRIVEN FUTURE, I'D MENTIONED THAT THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN COLLECT MORE DATA.

AND PART OF COLLECTING THAT DATA IS BEING ABLE TO DO SOMETHING CALLED PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS, WHERE RATHER THAN LOOKING AT HISTORICAL INFORMATION OR REAL TIME INFORMATION, WE COULD USE THAT INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WE WERE RUNNING WITH A COMPANY CALLED ACCENTURE, WHERE WE WERE DOING WHERE WE WERE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT LIDAR, WHICH IS IMAGING SENSORS AND BLUETOOTH SENSORS AND OTHER TYPES OF CAMERAS AT INTERSECTIONS SO WE COULD LOOK AT NEAR-MISS CRASHES.

SO THESE ARE CRASHES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN.

BUT YOU CAN TELL THAT, YOU KNOW, A TWO VEHICLES OR A VEHICLE IN A PEDESTRIAN CAME VERY CLOSE TO INTERACTING.

AND THEREFORE WE CAN CONSIDER THAT A NEAR-MISS.

AND WE CAN LOOK AT THOSE PATTERNS OVER TIME AND USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS WELL TO TELL US WHERE SOME OF THE WHERE SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS ARE AT AN INTERSECTION.

AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO MAKE INVESTMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION BEFORE A CRASH HAPPENS, BECAUSE WE CAN SEE THERE'S A POTENTIAL CONFLICT POINT THERE.

SO WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ROLL SOME OF THIS TECHNOLOGY OUT AT SOME OF OUR KEY INTERSECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE THEN THE DATA AND ANALYTICS FROM THAT IN ORDER TO DO THE PREDICTIVE ANALYZES.

AND A LOT OF THAT THEN ALSO ROLLS UP INTO DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE. AS I MENTIONED, THAT TIER TWO OF COLLECTING INFORMATION HELPS TO INFORM THE TIER THREE OF PUTTING ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO SIMULATIONS AND MODELS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AS PART OF THE TIER THREE, THE DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE, IS HAVE THE MPO STAND UP A DIGITAL TWIN.

AND MOST RECENTLY ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS, MARK PLASSE, ACTUALLY AT THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING, I THOUGHT HAD A REALLY GREAT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT A DIGITAL TWIN IS.

AND IN ITS MOST SIMPLEST FORM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CLOCK APP ON YOUR CELL PHONE, THAT CLOCK IS A DIGITAL TWIN OF A REAL CLOCK SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT YOU'RE SEEING THAT SAME INFORMATION ON YOUR PHONE IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT.

SO WHAT THE DIGITAL TWIN IDEALLY WOULD DO IS PROVIDE REAL TIME INFORMATION, AND THEN ALSO INFORMATION FROM ALL OF THESE OTHER SENSORS THAT WE WOULD BE INVESTING IN AS PART OF THE SECOND TIER.

AND YOU COULD ALMOST CREATE A SECOND DIGITAL VERSION OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS ACTING IN REAL TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC IN REAL TIME.

AND WHAT YOU CAN ALSO DO THEN IS IMPLEMENT IMPROVEMENTS AND SEE WHAT THAT DOES TO TRAFFIC AND WHAT THAT DOES TO MOVEMENT, TRANSIT USAGE BICYCLE USAGE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT CAN BE A REALLY POWERFUL TOOL FOR US TO TEST OUT IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE YOU EVEN, YOU KNOW, PUT A SHOVEL IN THE GROUND.

AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY GREAT. AND THE PROSPECT OF THAT IS VERY EXCITING.

BUT WHAT IT TAKES IS A WHOLE TON OF HORSEPOWER ON THE COMPUTING SIDE.

IT NEEDS A LOT OF INFORMATION, IT NEEDS TO PROCESS A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH A CENTRAL AGENCY.

SO A MODEL THAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY IS THAT MPOS WILL HOUSE THAT DIGITAL TWIN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION BACK OUT TO THEIR PARTNERS AT DOTS,

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BUT EVERYONE HAS A LINK INTO THE DIGITAL TWIN SO THAT THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND WE CAN ALSO THEN USE THIS AS A TOOL FOR PROJECTS LIKE I'VE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, TO SHOW YOU ALL AS OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR MPO BOARD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DID PROJECT X, AND WE CAN USE THE OUTPUTS OF THAT DIGITAL TWIN TO ALSO SHOW YOU A GRAPHIC OF, OF HOW THAT MIGHT REDISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC OR CAUSE A MODE SHIFT AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL WRAP UP BOTH PARTS OF THE PRESENTATION, THE SAFETY AND THE TECHNOLOGY. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

SO CHRISTOPHER AND I ARE HERE, SO I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.

OKAY. THANK YOU PETER.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE. GREGORY GALE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS BECAUSE I AND I AM MINDFUL OF THE TIME. SO CHRISTOPHER, GOING BACK TO SLIDE FOUR LOTS OF STUFF ON THAT SLIDE. THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE ON OFF SYSTEM.

SO REMIND ME AGAIN, THE OFF SYSTEM ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE OPERATED BY THE STATE.

NO, WAIT. SORRY. DID YOU SAY ON OR OFF.

OFF. OFF SYSTEM WOULD BE THE ROADWAYS THAT HAVE OWNERSHIP OF LOCAL.

SO A CITY MUNICIPALITY OR THE COUNTY.

OKAY. SO WHEN I'M, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT TO DIGEST.

SO WE'RE ON THIS. WHAT I FIND SORT OF ACCIDENTS THAT INTERACT OR HAVE RAILROADS AS PART OF THAT.

ARE THOSE COVERED HERE? ARE THESE JUST MORE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SORT OF ACCIDENTS? SO A LOT OF THESE THESE ARE CRASHES THAT ARE REPORTED THAT INVOLVE A VEHICLE.

SO WHETHER THAT VEHICLE INTERACTS WITH A TRAIN THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THERE IS ONE ALL THE WAY AT THE END THAT SAYS HIT NON-FIXED OBJECT.

SO A TRAIN THAT IS NOT FIXED, THAT IS MOVING COULD POTENTIALLY FALL WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. TO FIND OUT MORE, WE'D HAVE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE POLICE REPORT TO TO SEE WHAT WAS INVOLVED.

AND WHERE IT SAYS BIKE.

YES. IS THAT A MOTORIZED BIKE? WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT TERM? SO BICYCLISTS ARE IDENTIFIED AS ANYONE WHO IS ON A BIKE.

SO TWO WHEELED VEHICLE.

SO THE BIKE. THAT'S THE BICYCLE? YES. OKAY. PERFECT. IN TERMS OF THIS, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES HERE.

SO IF I'M ON A SCOOTER, IF I'M ON A BICYCLE, IF I'M ON A MOTORIZED YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M NOT ABLE TO WALK.

SO I'M IN A MOTORIZED SORT OF EQUIPMENT.

ALL OF THOSE ARE COVERED HERE.

IS THAT CORRECT? UNDER THE BIKE CATEGORY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE OUR SAFETY EXPERT IN THE SKY RIGHT NOW. HE'S JOINING US VIRTUALLY.

HIS NAME IS W T BOWMAN.

AND HE KNOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT GOES INTO THAT CATEGORY.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF HE CAN JUMP IN TO GIVE.

WELL HOLD THAT THOUGHT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO SLIDE SEVEN, WHICH I THINK THAT SLIDE THAT HAS THE SAFETY AND EQUITY AREAS.

BECAUSE I'M LOOKING. AND IF I'M LOOKING AT THE LEGEND CORRECTLY, THE PURPLE, I GUESS THAT'S THE COLOR VERY HIGH.

SO AM I TO DETERMINE THOSE ARE THE AREAS WITH HIGH INCIDENCE, HIGH ACCIDENTS. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MAP ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE.

YES THAT'S CORRECT. THE SAFETY AND EQUITY AREAS THE PINK LINES WOULD IDENTIFY THE TOP CORRIDORS THE DARKER BLUE THAT COULD THAT LEANS A LITTLE PURPLE.

THOSE WOULD BE THE HIGHEST CONCENTRATION OF EQUITY AREAS BASED OFF OF OUR EQUITY FACTORS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THIS COMPOSITE SCORE.

SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WHEN IT COMES TO GIVING MORE PROJECTS TO THEM. SO, SO CAN I, CAN YOU TELL ME BASED ON SLIDE FOUR AND SLIDE SEVEN, CAN THOSE BE OVERLAID SO WE CAN SEE WHERE SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS ARE.

IS THERE A WAY THAT THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO US? SO TO, TO, I GUESS, TO PROVIDE A HEAT MAP BASED OFF OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.

YEAH. WELL, NO, NOT THE PROJECTS, BUT THE, I'M SORRY, THE, THE CRASH LOCATIONS.

YES. YEAH, I'M SURE THERE'S A, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PRODUCE ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAPS FOR YOU, BUT WE DO HAVE A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THAT HERE, WHICH ARE THE HIGHEST CRASH CORRIDORS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BASED OFF OF OUR DIFFERENT

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BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN OVERARCHING MAP WITH ALL OF THE CRASHES, THAT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT. WELL, THE REASON I'M ASKING IS IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION ON SLIDE FOUR, WHICH TELLS US THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACCIDENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE SLIDE SEVEN THAT SHOWS US THE EQUITY AREAS.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE ACCIDENTS. AND, AND I'M BECAUSE THE OTHER FOLLOW UP QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS IN BROWARD COUNTY A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO SOME OF THESE ACCIDENTS THAT VERY WELL COULD BE.

I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP THE GUN TO MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION WITHOUT PROPER.

BECAUSE WE WHAT WE DO IS WE LOOK AT TRENDS SO THAT WE CAN THEN IDENTIFY WHERE WE NEED TO GO, LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS OR CORRIDORS SO THAT WE CAN DO AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING HERE.

SO THAT PART IS NOT PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT.

THIS IS JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THOSE HOTSPOTS.

BUT BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT YES, WE DO HAVE DATA THAT WE HAVE USED AS PART OF FDOT. CRASH DATA PORTAL.

I WANT TO CALL IT A PORTAL.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SIGNAL FOR ANALYTICS THAT WE CAN DRAW THAT INFORMATION FROM.

AND ALL OF THAT COMES IN THE FORM OF A GIES SHAPE FILE, WHICH WE CAN MAP PRETTY EASILY.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOSE ARE LIKE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

SO SOME OF THE DOTS ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER, SO YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF COMBING THROUGH THE INFORMATION TO GET EXACTLY THE RESULTS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO THAT INFORMATION DOES EXIST.

IT WOULD JUST TAKE A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE A MAP THAT WAS EASILY LEGIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO CONSUME. SO WITH NO DATA, I'M MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE SUNRISE, THE BROWARD, THOSE KIND OF CORRIDORS ARE HIGH CORRIDORS FOR CRASHES.

I'M MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT SIDEWALKS PLAY A ROLE IN TERMS OF CRASHES.

AND SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK HAVING THE DATA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.

ADDITIONALLY, I THINK WHAT WE ALSO HELPFUL IF AGE PLAYS A ROLE, MOBILITY ABILITY PLAYS A ROLE.

AND I ASKED ABOUT BICYCLES AND MOTORIZED VEHICLES BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ALSO PLAY A ROLE. RIGHT. I GUESS I'M LESS LIKELY TO DIE IF I'M IN AN SUV VERSUS IF I'M WALKING. AND SO THAT TO ME, WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT THAT'S THE KIND OF DATA I WOULD LIKE BECAUSE IT WOULD TELL ME WHERE TO SPEND DOLLARS. SO AS PART OF OUR SAFETY ASSESSMENT THAT WE DID PUT TOGETHER AND IS ON OUR WEBSITE, BROUGHT TO 2020.ORG, UNDER THE RESOURCES TAB, YOU CAN GO CHECK THAT OUT THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT COULD BE DONE TO FIGHT SOME OF THESE TRENDS THAT WE'RE FINDING.

SO WHETHER THEY'RE AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION, AN ENFORCEMENT SOLUTION OR AN EDUCATION SOLUTION, AND THAT'S MORE OF A GENERAL ASSUMPTION OF WHY THE CERTAIN CRASH IS OCCURRING. THESE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO COMBAT THOSE TYPES OF CRASHES.

THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC TO THE ACTUAL LOCATION, BUT THEY ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX THAT CAN FIGHT CERTAIN CRASHES THAT WE SEE REGULARLY.

AND AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. ONE FINAL THING.

SO IT'S SORT OF THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIZENS WILL TELL A MUNICIPALITY, WE NEED A CROSSWALK THERE, WE NEED A SIGNAL THERE, AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING UNTIL THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ACCIDENT.

I THINK THIS IS ALSO A WAY FOR US TO HAVE SOME SORT OF PREDICTIVE KIND OF ANALYTICS WHERE WE, THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES CAN KNOW BASED ON THE DATA, WE'RE MORE LIKELY, IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT WE'LL HAVE AN ACCIDENT, A FATALITY THERE. THEREFORE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PROACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO WAITING UNTIL SOMETHING DOES OCCUR.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST ONE MORE COMMENT.

I WOULD INVITE YOU TO CHECK OUT OUR STORY MAP THAT IS ALSO ON EN ROUTE TO 2050.ORG UNDER THE RESOURCES TAB, WE DO HAVE THESE VARIOUS THEMES THAT COME UP AS INDIVIDUAL MAPS.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SCROLL THROUGH THEM, ZOOM INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FIGURE OUT WHAT TYPES OF CRASHES ARE POPPING UP THE THE MOST BASED OFF OF THE DIFFERENT THEMES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. SO IF YOU WANT TO USE THAT AS A RESOURCE, YOU CAN CAN YOU EMAIL US THAT? SO YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

DID YOU WANT THE ANSWER ABOUT THE BICYCLIST? YES. OKAY. W T IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.

YEAH. SURE THING. IT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT I DON'T WANT TO SAY HIT AND MISS, BUT OFTEN I THINK THE QUESTION WAS GENERALLY ABOUT MOPEDS AND FOLKS ON ACCESSIBILITY SCOOTERS, SO TO SPEAK.

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THERE IS A CODING FOR MOPED WHICH, WHICH GETS LUMPED INTO BICYCLE BUT OFTEN CODED AS PEDESTRIAN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEST DATA WE CAN FROM A SYSTEM WIDE STANDPOINT. ONCE YOU GET DOWN, AS CHRIS WAS ALLUDING TO, CHRISTOPHER WAS ALLUDING TO, ONCE YOU GET DOWN TO THE ACTUAL CORRIDOR, YOU COULD ZOOM IN. AND ALSO THE SAMPLE SIZE, FRANKLY, ON ASSISTED SCOOTERS, ETC., IS FAIRLY SMALL.

SO THAT WOULD BE VERY LOCATION SPECIFIC.

WHEN YOU DUG INTO THE DATA, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BANNED THOSE BECAUSE OF THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF CRASHES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WHAT THEY'RE USING TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND I THINK MIAMI.

YEAH. AND ON KIND OF A SIDE NOTE, IN 15, 20 YEARS OF DOING THIS, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE DRIVEN DOWN THE ROAD AND SEEN AN ASSISTED SCOOTER DRIVING THE WRONG WAY IN A BIKE LANE, FOR INSTANCE.

SO THAT IS A UNIQUE CHALLENGE IN ITSELF.

AND IT'S I'M AN ENGINEER, MATHEMATICIAN, STATISTICIAN.

A SMALL SAMPLE SIZE BUT IS OFTEN UNIQUE TO THE AREA YOU ARE FOCUSED ON, WHICH HOPEFULLY WOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITHIN THIS ANALYSIS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. MICHAEL SMITH.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. TWO QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.

ONE IS IN THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT COLORS, THE PURPLE AND THE BLUE AREAS.

ASSUMING I, I GUESS THOSE ARE HIGH VOLUME CRASHES OR HIGHER THAN NORMAL, OR IS THAT JUST WHAT YOU STUDIED THE, THE POLYGONS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE IMAGE? THOSE ARE EQUITY AREAS.

SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE AN EQUITY AREA? PLEASE HELP.

SO, SO OUR EQUITY AREAS ARE WHAT WE WOULD CALL TRADITIONALLY UNDERREPRESENTED OR UNDERSERVED AREAS. SO THESE CORRELATE BACK TO LIKE OUR TITLE SIX AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY. SO BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY, POVERTY LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY SINGLE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS.

OKAY. BUT I'M LOOKING MAINLY AT WHAT'S, WHAT I CAN SEE, BARELY SEE IS BECAUSE OF COURSE YOU HAVE TO GET IT ALL THE WHOLE COUNTY ON ONE ONE SHEET THE PURPLE OR VIOLET COLOR, THOSE SEEM TO FOLLOW THE STREET OR CORRIDOR LINES. THEY SEEM TO BE LINES.

SO PINK LINES IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, RIGHT? YES. SO THOSE ARE OUR TOP CRASH CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT. OKAY. GIVEN THAT DOES THIS DOES YOUR INFORMATION INCLUDE CRASHES AND FATALITIES. REFERRING TO AGAIN, THE, THE PINK OR VIOLET LINES AT LOCATIONS THAT INCLUDE AREAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO THESE LINES REPRESENT SEVERE CRASHES AND SEVERE CRASHES WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS EITHER FATALITIES OR INCAPACITATING INJURY.

SO THESE ARE THE HIGHEST LOCATIONS WHERE YOU'LL FIND THOSE.

OKAY. BUT IF IS THERE A IS THERE A COLUMN OR CATEGORY FOR THOSE CRASHES AT AREAS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT? NO, THERE IS NOT. OKAY.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS YEAH, YEAH, I'LL I'LL FOREGO, I'LL FOREGO THAT.

THANKS. THANKS ANYWAY.

IF TOM LANDER ONLY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE EV ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS.

WHEN THERE ARE TRI-RAIL STATIONS, WHEN THERE ARE TRI-RAIL STATIONS, LIKE IT SEEMS LIKE NOT A GOOD IDEA IN ONE WAY AND A GOOD IDEA IN ANOTHER.

LIKE IF YOU'RE COMING AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET ON THE TRI-RAIL AND COMMUTE AND YOU PARK YOUR CAR IN A CHARGING STATION, OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE THERE FOR MANY HOURS.

AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT SITUATION? DOES IT TIME OUT AND THE PERSON GETS CHARGED FOR THE EXTRA HOURS? OR IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP IN THE DISCUSSIONS FOR SURE.

THAT EXACT POINT THAT THE DWELL TIME OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, IF SOMEONE'S TAKING THAT TRAIN TO GO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE TO WORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD DEFINITELY BE A CONSIDERATION HERE. I DON'T THINK WE WOULD WANT TO PENALIZE ANYONE FOR THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT. YOU KNOW, THE IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HELP IF YOU'RE GETTING ON A TRAIN AND GOING TO WORK.

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AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AND YOU DON'T CHARGE IT BECAUSE YOU CHARGE IT AT HOME. THAT'S. AND THEN IF THEY'RE GOING TO TIE THAT CHARGING STATION A FULL DAY, THEY DEFINITELY SHOULD BE CHARGED FOR THE TIME IN THE STATION.

IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE RAMPANT.

I'VE BEEN THE CHARGING STATIONS WHERE I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THERE FOR 4 OR 5 HOURS.

UNDERSTOOD. AND I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN WHEN I SAID THEY CAN'T HELP IT, MEANING THAT I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO FROM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO GO FROM POINT A TO POINT B, BE GONE FOR A WHILE.

I THINK HOW THAT GETS IMPLEMENTED IS STILL SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT.

WE JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S NO LAND AVAILABLE.

YEAH. AND I THINK YOUR POINT IS VALID.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT AND HOW THE PRICING, THE FEE STRUCTURE WORKS FOR THAT IS, IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST NOT AT THAT POINT YET, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE.

SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING.

YEAH. I JUST THINK IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT SITUATION AND EVERYBODY PLANS IT.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WHERE, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T SEE WHY IF YOU'RE LEAVING THE CAR IN THE MORNING, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE CHARGED IT AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO WORK, RIGHT. OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED MORE CHARGING STATIONS.

I WILL MAKE A PLUG. WE ARE DOING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING MASTER PLAN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT. AND THAT WILL THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TAKING A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION FROM. WE'RE ON PARALLEL PATHS AT THE MOMENT.

SO THE STUDY IS INFORMING US AND THEN IT'S NOT QUITE FINISHED YET.

SO WHEN WHEN THAT'S DONE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE THAT DEVELOPED A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT THIS IS PRELIMINARILY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND I DIDN'T MEAN MY TONE OF VOICE. I JUST GET PASSIONATE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.

IF IT CAME OFF THAT WAY.

I YOU KNOW, NO PROBLEM.

IT WAS REALLY THE SOUND OF INCREDULOUS CITY.

OKAY, PHIL. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE SAFETY AND EQUITY AREAS MAP AND.

HOW IS SAFETY SHOWN ON THIS MAP? SO SAFETY, WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS OUR TOP CORRIDORS OF SEVERE CRASHES ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS MAP AS THOSE PINK LINES.

SO THOSE ARE THE CORRIDORS.

AND THEN THE INTERSECTIONS ARE THE BLACK CIRCLES OR DOTS WITH THE YELLOW HALOS AROUND THEM. AND THOSE ARE OUR TOP CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS WITH THE HIGHEST SEVERE CRASHES IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND THEN THE EQUITY AREAS ARE THE DARK BLUE AND THE LIGHT BLUE BASED ON A MIXTURE OF VARIABLES RELATED TO I FORGOT WHAT SERVICES OR YOU HAD ANOTHER WORD FOR THAT UNDERREPRESENTED UNDERREPRESENTATION.

SO YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. NOW, AS TO EQUITY AND I'LL TRY TO ECHO SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL WANT TO SEE MORE USE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, WHICH MORE LIKELY ARE GOING TO BE PURCHASED BY WEALTHY PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZED AT PUBLIC EXPENSE THROUGH CHARGING STATIONS AND MAYBE THE, THE ELECTRICITY. ALSO, THAT KIND OF VIOLATES ANYTHING I CAN CONCEIVE OF AS FAR AS EQUITY. IS THAT A REASONABLE INTERPRETATION? SO I'LL I'LL JUMP IN ON THIS ONE.

SO NOT TO CONFLATE THE TWO HERE.

RIGHT. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS CRASH RELATED.

BUT I THINK YOUR QUESTION IS MORE DIRECTED AT, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT EQUITY AND WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS IN EV INFRASTRUCTURE, IS THERE THEN INHERENTLY AN EQUITY ISSUE THERE? IS THAT YOUR YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THERE A CONFLICT OR. YEAH.

SO I THINK THAT'S TO BE SEEN.

WE'VE SEEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PRICES COMING DOWN.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE AT A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ON A LOWER INCOME CAN AFFORD THEM? AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S TO BE SEEN. WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A TRANSITION AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE THAT EV INFRASTRUCTURE AS PART OF THE EV MASTER PLAN.

I KNOW THE PROJECT MANAGERS ALSO LOOKING AT ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE RELATIVE TO EQUITY AREAS.

AND I KNOW PROBABLY THE THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND AS WELL, THEY'RE NOT AFFORDABLE NOW. SO PUTTING EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AN EQUITY AREA MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE BENEFICIAL.

BUT I THINK THE ANTICIPATION IS, IS THAT ULTIMATELY THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN USED EV VEHICLES, BUT ALSO NEW EV VEHICLES WILL BE ON PAR WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION VEHICLE. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS.

HEY JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ.

HELLO. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

PRETTY GOOD. I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK QUESTION. IF YOU GO TO PAGE FIVE HAS THE PERCENTAGES ON THERE. YEAH.

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THAT INCLUDES ALL CRASH TYPES AT INTERSECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, OR LANE OR RAMP JUNCTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

RIGHT. THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL SEVERE CRASHES.

SO EXTRACTING THE SEVERITY FROM ALL THE 300,000 THAT WE LOOKED AT, LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT RESULTED IN EITHER FATALITY OR INCAPACITATING INJURY, THOSE ARE WHAT SEVERE CRASHES ARE.

SO LANE DEPARTURES WOULD BE 36% OF ALL OF THOSE.

IS THERE A SUBSET OF THAT SHOWING WHAT TYPE OF THE CRASH FATALITIES AND ALL THAT, OR EVEN HEAVY INJURIES? WHAT TYPE OF CRASH ACCOUNTS FOR A BULK OF THOSE? 36% BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING HERE AT DEPARTURE LANES.

FOR ME, THAT'S INTERSECTION DEPARTURE, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, STOP SIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I BELIEVE DEPUTY, IF YOU'RE STILL THERE.

BUT I BELIEVE A LANE DEPARTURE IS WHEN YOU'RE ON THE STRETCH OF A CORRIDOR AND YOU'RE GOING BETWEEN LANES, KIND OF ZIGZAGGING.

OKAY, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTIONS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT INTERSECTIONS. OKAY. I WILL CLEAR THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS THINKING LIKE, FOR ME, I LIKE TO SEE LANE DEPARTURE APPROACHES, THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY, FINE.

JUST TO ECHO MY FRIEND TOM ABOUT THE EV'S REAL QUICK, IF YOU'RE GOING TO. NO, NO, I MEAN, JUST HE HAS A GOOD POINT.

NOT ONLY A TRI-RAIL, BUT ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL PLACE.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE HOGGING THOSE EV STATIONS.

OKAY, YOU CAN GO SHOPPING OR GO TO THE OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE. YOU'LL BE THERE ALL DAY, 2 OR 3 STATIONS, BUT THERE'LL BE 2 OR 3 CARS ONLY.

SO THAT SCREWS EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO I AGREE WITH HIM. YOU'RE GOING TO WORK AND DO ANYTHING YOU CHARGE AT HOME.

PLUS, I'M HISTORY WISE I'M OLD ENOUGH, I THINK.

SEVERAL FRIENDS HERE ARE OLD ENOUGH. WHEN THE GAS STATIONS CAME IN, THEY WERE FUNDED. THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED, FUNDED COMPLETELY BY GAS COMPANIES.

THERE WAS NO GOVERNMENT FUNDS IN THEIRS.

THE ONLY TIME THE GOVERNMENT COMES IN IS IN ORDER TO PUT THE INTERSTATE, YOU KNOW, PIPELINES AND ALL THAT.

SO WHERE DO I SEE ANY SERVICES BEING PAID BY PRIVATE ENTITIES HERE? I MEAN, I THINK, WHAT IS IT, A MOSQUE PROBABLY DID SOME OF THOSE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING I SEE IS US GOVERNMENT PEOPLE TAXES.

BUT YET WE WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF USING THAT.

I MEAN, JUST MY GRIPE, BUT SOMETHING I SEE THEY'RE ENHANCED BY.

TOM MENTIONED EARLIER.

I WILL SAY THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PRIVATE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT ARE IMPLEMENTING CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ON THEIR OWN, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.

I MEAN, I'M THINKING OF SOME OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. BLINK IS ONE OF THEM. CHARGEPOINT IS ANOTHER. I THINK THERE'S 1 OR 2 OTHER COMPANIES OUT THERE AND THEY WILL, THROUGH THEIR OWN INVESTMENT, PUT OUT CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

ONE FINAL ONE FINAL COMMENT ON THAT.

I ALWAYS WONDER WHY FPL DOESN'T GET INTO THAT BUSINESS.

RIGHT. THEY'RE ELECTRIC PEOPLE.

I MEAN EVEN WHY DON'T THEY GET INTO THAT BUSINESS.

THEY'LL BE LIKE THE OIL COMPANIES.

THEY'LL GET THE BENEFITS OF THE MONEY, RIGHT? CHARGING ALL THAT EXTRA, WHATEVER. EVEN AT HOME, THEY'LL DO IT FROM HOME BECAUSE THEY'LL CHARGE HOME. BUT ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHY? YOU KNOW, DO THEY EVER THINK ABOUT THIS THING FPL OR, OR SOMETHING ABOUT THEY REALIZE, NOPE, MAYBE NOT.

THERE'S ALSO AN ISSUE ON RESELLING ELECTRICITY, RIGHT? YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT I'VE NEVER I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING TALKED ABOUT FPL DOING ANY TYPE OF THAT SERVICE, ANY KIND ACTUALLY NATIONWIDE.

NO ELECTRIC COMPANY. I KNOW THERE COULD BE 1 OR 2 THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY.

NOBODY'S MENTIONED THESE THINGS AND I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE MORE LOGICAL PROCESS TO DO THAT. AND IT MAKES IT EASIER BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THEY'LL GET THE MONEY OUT OF IT UNLESS THERE IS NO MONEY IN IT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. I'M FINISHED. HEY, BOB.

SHANKWEILER. HI. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE CRASHES INVOLVING SPEEDING.

ARE THOSE CRASHES THAT GET SPEEDING TICKETS? BECAUSE I'D SAY 75 TO 80% OF THE CARS ON THE ROAD ARE SPEEDING AT ANY GIVEN TIME, INCLUDING ME. OOPS. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, I HOPE SO.

IF IF THE IF IF THE POLICE CREATED A REPORT THAT SAID THIS IS A RESULT OF SPEEDING, I HOPE A TICKET WAS GIVEN.

BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO THE ATTRIBUTES OF THAT INFORMATION TO DIVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO WHAT THE REPORT SAYS.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY GOT A TICKET, BUT I HOPE SO.

WELL, EVEN LANE CHANGES IF SOMEBODY'S SPEEDING TO CHANGE LANES.

SO SPEEDING TO GET AROUND.

I DO THAT, TOO. OH, NO.

YOU MUST DO IT, TOO. I GOTTA BE CAREFUL.

YOU KNOW THIS IS RECORDED, RIGHT? OH. I'M GETTING. I'M GETTING DAGGERS AT ME HERE.

AND THE OTHER THING WITH PEDESTRIANS PEDESTRIANS WITH CARS,

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I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF FENCING GOING UP ON MEDIANS SO THAT PEDESTRIANS WON'T RUN ACROSS THE MEDIAN TO CATCH THE BUS THAT'S GOING TO GET KILLED TRYING TO GET TO A LOT OF THAT'S GOING ON AND THEY'RE SOME KIND OF BARRIERS ARE BEING PUT UP.

BUT A LOT OF THAT IS NOT NOT AT CROSSWALKS, BUT IN JAYWALKING SITES.

AND THAT'S NOT BROKEN DOWN.

THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT A LOT OF THE CRASH LOCATIONS, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS RESULT AND THOSE WHAT COULD BE A MID-BLOCK CROSSING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT. IT'S AN ORGANIC ONE.

AND THEY'RE USUALLY AROUND BUS STOP LOCATIONS THAT ARE NOT CLOSER TO THE INTERSECTION, AND IT'S PEOPLE WALKING ACROSS.

AND THOSE ARE SOFT TARGETS, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TRYING TO JUST SAVE SOME TIME TO GET ACROSS AND NOT USE THE PROPER FACILITY.

SO YEAH, WE DO SEE THAT.

I DON'T MOVE AS FAST AS I USED TO.

PLEASE USE CROSSWALK. OKAY.

JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ, ONE THING REGARDING YOUR TICKET THING, GENERALLY ONE OF THE DRIVERS GETS A TICKET DEMONSTRATING WHO'S AT FAULT IN THE ACCIDENT.

AND IT WOULD SAY I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ACCIDENTS.

SO DEMONSTRATING WHO WAS AT FAULT.

AND IT MUST DEMONSTRATE WHY, WHY HE WAS AT FAULT.

MY QUESTION IS REGARDING THE EV STATIONS AND THE ELECTRIFYING.

YOU KNOW, DETROIT IS DOING A PROJECT ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE INDUCTION, WHICH IS PUTTING IT IN THE ROAD.

DO WE LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS? BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE FUTURE, BUT THERE MUST BE A WAY THAT YOU CHARGE AS YOU GO AND YOU GET CHARGED.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU TURN IT ON.

I WANT TO GET CHARGED. SO I'M SO AS I'M COLLECTING POWER FROM THE.

BUT WHY? THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS IF IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

WE'RE DOING SO MANY PROJECTS, WE COULD BE PUTTING THE COILS IN THE GROUND NOW FOR THE FUTURE AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK.

WHO KNOWS? WHEN WE DO ANOTHER PROJECT, WHICH WE'RE STILL ON TOP OF THESE PROJECTS.

MAYBE THESE COILS SHOULD BE GETTING PUT IN THE GROUND JUST WHAT OR WHATEVER SYSTEM WE'RE GOING TO DECIDE ON GOING WITH.

PUT IT IN THE GROUND NOW, AND EVENTUALLY YOU CAN CONNECT IT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER EXTENSIVE PROJECT ALONG FIVE, 95, 95 AND EVERYTHING.

THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK WITH THAT ONE, BUT I'LL SIMPLY STATE A CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS, IS THAT THERE'S AN APPROVED PRODUCTS LIST THAT IS PUBLISHED BY THE STATE AND THEN ALSO BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS LONG AS THOSE PRODUCTS ARE NOT ON THE APPROVED PRODUCTS LIST, NO MATTER HOW GREAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS, IT JUST SIMPLY CAN'T BE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THOSE PROJECTS. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY IN RELATION TO THE PLAN IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE IT STRUCTURED IN THESE THREE TIERS, AND THE REASON WHY WE DO A PLAN UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS, IS TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE ANY NEW UPDATES ON TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I THINK AS SOON AS THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS, THOSE TYPES OF PRODUCTS DO BECOME APPROVED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN THEN PUT INTO THE PLAN.

OKAY. DARREN, BEFORE WE GO BACK TO THE MAP OF THE COUNTY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE, THE DIFFERENT SHADES OF BLUE, THE MEDIUM TO HIGH THREE AND VERY HIGH.

THOSE ARE THE EQUITY AREAS, CORRECT? AND THEN YOU HAVE THE BLACK DOTS, WHICH ARE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS WHERE THERE'S HIGH CRASH VOLUMES.

YEP. OKAY. THE INTERSECTION OF PINES AND FLAMINGO.

I DON'T SEE A DOT. NO.

OH YES. BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH STATE FACILITIES.

SO THIS MAP IS SHOWING YOU THE HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS FOR OFF SYSTEM FACILITIES.

SO THE LOCAL ROADS AND COUNTY ROADS.

GOOD. OKAY. AND FINALLY ON THE MAP I'LL TRY AND DESCRIBE IT.

THERE'S TWO LABELS ON 595, THE EASTERNMOST 595 LABEL.

JUST NORTH OF THAT THERE'S A LIGHT BLUE AREA ABUTTING BROWARD BOULEVARD.

THAT'S A MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE.

AND MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE CRITERIA FOR EQUITY IS FOR THAT AREA.

THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT COULD GO INTO IT.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY IS ONE OF THEM.

ALSO OLD AGE, OLDER AGE, OLDER ADULTS.

THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S THERE.

SINGLE CAR HOUSEHOLD OR ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLD IS A, IS ANOTHER THING THAT POPS UP IN OUR EQUITY SCORE.

SO IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE FACTORS, BUT IF YOU LIKE, WE CAN LOOK INTO IT TO SEE WHY IT'S POPPING UP.

BUT IT IS MEDIUM. SO IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR HIGH EMPHASIS AREAS THAT WE NEED TO BE TAKING CARE

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OKAY. THANK YOU. AND PETERSON.

GOING BACK TO CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO. NOW YOU CAN. OKAY.

GOING BACK TO THE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT LIKE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS AND THAT PROBABLY BEING A PRETTY COMMON SOURCE OF THOSE PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS, ALTHOUGH, I MEAN, I'M SURE IT MAJOR INTERSECTIONS LIKE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD OR WHATEVER. THAT'S JUST YOU'RE TAKING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS, WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD. BUT I CAN THINK OF JUST IN MY CITY ALONE IN MY AREA, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLACES WHERE THERE'S A HALF A MILE AT LEAST BETWEEN INTERSECTIONS OR CROSSWALKS. SO TO HONESTLY, TO EXPECT SOMEONE TO WALK BASICALLY A MILE ROUND TRIP TO GET TO A PARK OR A PLAYGROUND OR A SHOPPING CENTER OR A BUS STOP IN PARTICULAR, SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION TO REALLY TO, TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS, WE WANT YOU TO GET IN INTO A BUS, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK A HALF MILE THAT WAY IN THE RAIN AND THE HEAT CROSS THE STREET, COME A HALF MILE THIS WAY.

SO AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, ARE WE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE PLACES AND CONSIDERING PUTTING IN SIGNALIZED, EVEN IF THERE'S NOT TECHNICALLY THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME RIGHT NOW TO JUSTIFY IT? IF WE REALLY WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AND WE WANT IT TO BE SAFE, ARE WE CONSIDERING PUTTING IN SIGNALIZED CROSSWALKS IN THOSE PLACES SO THAT PEOPLE CAN REALISTICALLY CROSS THE ROAD TO THAT BUS STOP OR THAT PUBLIX OR THAT PARK.

SO WHAT I'LL SAY IS OUR SAFETY PROGRAM IS DEFINITELY A REACTIVE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S BASED OFF OF WHERE THE CRASH IS CURRENTLY EXIST, ESPECIALLY THE SEVERE ONES.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S OUR ONLY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH MTP.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM, WHICH ALSO HAS THE C SLIP COMPONENT.

THAT'S A PART OF IT. SO ALL OF YOUR TAC TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNTERPARTS DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF SUBMITTING A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE PREEMPTIVE TO THINGS THAT, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, AND ALSO REACTIVE.

SO THERE'S A GOOD COMBINATION OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR PLAN, AND WE WILL BE SHARING THAT WITH YOU NEXT MONTH.

SO GET READY. IT'LL BE LIKE CHRISTMAS TO SEE ALL THE PROJECTS OR ANY HOLIDAY THAT YOU CELEBRATE THAT EXCHANGES GIFTS.

I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? THANK YOU.

IN VIEW OF THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF THE.

DON'T GO AWAY. OF THE REST OF THE TEAM HERE, I'VE GOT TO ADD MY $0.02 WORTH HERE.

WE'RE CONCERNED PRIMARILY IT LOOKS LIKE WITH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS TO THIS.

ROADWAYS BIKE PATHS, SIDEWALKS AND SO FORTH.

BUT CRITICAL TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EDUCATION AND A COUPLE OTHER OF THOSE E'S THROWN IN.

BUT THOSE ARE THE, TO ME ARE THE BIG THREE.

NOW, EITHER OF THOSE TWO TASKS AREN'T PROPERTY OF THE MPO PER SE, BUT IN VISION 2050, ARE YOU COLLABORATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WITH OTHER ENTITIES TO PROMOTE EDUCATION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT? SO FOR THOSE TWO, YES, THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE PART OF OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S NOT INITIATIVE THAT THE MPO IS NOT THINKING ABOUT VERY RECENTLY.

I'M SORRY. YES. OH, SO IT'S AN SS FOUR.

SO WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. BUT THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME STRATEGIES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR A TREATMENT THAT WOULD INCORPORATE ENFORCEMENT OR EDUCATION.

MOST RECENTLY AT THE MPO WE DID DO A CAMPAIGN THAT'S CALLED DON'T RISK IT.

AND THAT IS TO SHARE DO NOT CROSS THE TRAIN TRACKS, YOU KNOW, THE TRAINS A LOT FASTER THAN YOU THINK IT IS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COLLABORATED WITH VARIOUS CITIES ALONG THE FEC CORRIDOR, THE CORRIDOR THAT BRIGHTLINE RUNS ON, AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT UP SIGNS ON THEIR BENCHES, ON THE POSTS, APPROACHING THE INTERSECTIONS WITH THE RAILROAD. AND WE'VE EVEN HAD IT ON SOME BILLBOARDS.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT ALONG I-95 HEADING SOUTH TOWARDS MIAMI.

SO THOSE ARE SOME EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGNS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN HOUSE, BUT THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY TIED TO THE MTP, BUT THEY ARE MPO INITIATIVES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR A VERY EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION HERE, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE.

THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.

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AND CARL WILL WALK US THROUGH THAT.

CARL. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR REINHART AND MEMBERS OF THE CAC.

GOOD EVENING. ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I'M CARL IMMA BROWARD MPO STAFF AND I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT ON THE DRAFT UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM OR UPW.

AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND RESPECT EVERYONE'S TIME.

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SO THE UPW P IS SOME OF YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT BY NOW, BUT WE DO ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF NEW MEMBERS.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THOSE PRODUCTS THAT WE HAVE WITH A RATHER UNFORTUNATE NAME.

IT'S, IT'S LONG, IT HAS AN ACRONYM ATTACHED TO IT AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE NECESSARILY COMPLICATED. THIS IS OUR BUDGET BASICALLY YOU PWP.

SO THIS IS WHERE IT LIES WITH THE ON THIS GRAPHIC.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE. THIS IS OUR OTHER CORE PRODUCTS AND IT'S SORT OF STRETCHED OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE IN GREEN TO SORT OF SIGNIFY THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT INCLUDES ALL OF THE OTHER CORE PRODUCTS.

AND REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE AT THE MPO IS LISTED AND DESCRIBED IN THE UP WP.

SO GOING INTO IT OUR BUDGET, IT'S A TWO YEAR BUDGET.

THE ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2024. AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH JULY, I'M SORRY, JUNE 30TH, 2026. AND EVERY TWO YEARS, WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE FOR OUR FUNDING. AND SO THE UP WP, IT ACTS AS A BASICALLY BACKUP MATERIAL TO THAT AGREEMENT. AND IT SERVES AS A SCOPE OF WORK BETWEEN US AND OUR FUNDING AGENCIES.

SO IT INCLUDES DETAILS YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT'S LIKE A WHO, WHAT, WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? WHO'S GOING TO BE DOING IT? WHAT AGENCIES WE COLLABORATE WITH.

HOW SOON DO WE EXPECT IT TO BE DONE? HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST AND WHAT'S THE FLAVOR OF THE FUNDING? SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LIKE WHAT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE UP.

SO IT'S A LONG DOCUMENT AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T MAKE IT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE WANT TO CALL OUT A COUPLE KEY ELEMENTS IS SECTION C IS THE REQUIRED STATE AND FEDERAL PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS PES.

SO THESE ARE ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO OUR FUNDING PARTNERS.

AND IN ADDITION TO THE NPOS PLANNING PRIORITIES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE AS DIRECTLY AS WE CAN.

THIS YEAR. WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE PES.

THEY'RE GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME AS THEY ARE IN THE CURRENT UP P.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO DOT ABOUT IT.

THEY SAID CERTAINLY THE STATE WON'T CHANGE.

THERE MIGHT BE AN UPDATE POSSIBLY ON THE FEDERAL SIDE A LITTLE LATER.

SO IF THAT HAPPENS AND YOU KNOW IT'S AFTER OUR DRAFT IS SUBMITTED, WE'LL GET THAT COMMENT FROM THE FEDS AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT IF YOU SKIP EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE PWP AND YOU READ ONE SECTION, IT'S SECTION D THAT YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON.

SO THIS IS THE NPS PLANNING TASKS.

IT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL WHAT IT IS WE'RE BASICALLY DOING HERE EVERY DAY.

SO WE HAVE EIGHT TASKS CURRENTLY.

SO TASK ONE MPO ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS YOUR, YOUR OPERATIONS BASICALLY.

AND YOU KNOW HOW WE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.

IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUDGET FOR STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEND AND PRESENT AT VARIOUS CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

ALSO IT HAS DIRECT EXPENSES, ANYTHING FROM PHONES TO MODELING COMPUTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS TASK ONE HERE.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE. TASK TWO DATA COLLECTION IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE COLLECT DATA THROUGH TRAFFIC COUNTS AND OTHER MEANS AND COLLABORATING WITH OUR PARTNERS. AND WE SHARE THAT DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE IMPACT WE WANT TO HAVE. TASK THREE IS GOING TO BE OUR BIGGER REGIONAL EFFORTS.

SO THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE VERY FIRST THING LISTED IN TASK THREE IS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH PETER AND CHRISTOPHER. SO THESE ARE THE BIGGER, LARGER EFFORTS THAT THAT WE CONDUCT.

TASK FORCE IS GOING TO BE COMMUNITY PLANNING. SO THAT'S FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE COMPLETE STREETS, MOBILITY HUBS SEE SLIP.

IT'S THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. TASK FIVE IS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THAT IS THAT IS ANOTHER CORE PRODUCT AND IT GETS ITS OWN TASK, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THE INTERACTIVE TIP AND SO ON. TASK SIX REGIONAL TRANSFERS.

SO EVERY TIME THE MPO COLLABORATES WITH, LET'S SAY IT COULD BE MIAMI-DADE TPO OR PALM BEACH, TPA OR THE FDOT DISTRICTS WE NEED TO SHOW THEIR MONEY EITHER GOING OUT OR INTO THE MPO FROM THOSE AGENCIES, AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE CORRESPONDING LANGUAGE IN THEIR IN THIS CASE FOR, LET'S SAY, MIAMI DADE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE IN THEIR UP WP THAT CORRESPONDING LANGUAGE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OURS AND SAYS THE SAME THING. AND IT'S VERY CLEAR TO THE FEDS WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW MUCH WE'RE TRANSFERRING, THIS IS BECOME A PROBLEM.

IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, FHWA IS REALLY WANTING TO DO THIS A DIFFERENT WAY AND MAYBE JUST HAVE DOT MANAGE THESE FUNDS.

SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. BUT I KNOW ELSEWHERE IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE. SO WE WEREN'T EVEN SURE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE PUTTING IN A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

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AND THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO DOT ALONG WITH THE OTHER MPOS I THINK ARE CONTRIBUTING.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT IS IN THE SECOND YEAR OF TASK SIX.

TASK SEVEN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY AS WELL.

THAT'S, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WE DO HERE AT THE MPO. AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, HAS A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMPONENT TO IT.

THIS ALSO INCLUDES SOME SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES TO THAT TEAM.

YOU KNOW, THEY WORK ON THINGS LIKE OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHICH OUTLINES, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ARE TO CONDUCT OUTREACH AND PROVIDES GUIDELINES ON THAT. THEY ALSO MANAGE OUR WEBSITE AND ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO BIKING, LET'S GO WALKING. MAYBE YOU'VE MAYBE IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE, YOU'VE AT LEAST HEARD OF IT. AND THEN TASK NINE, AND I KNOW THERE'S LIKE SOME SEPARATION HERE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY INTENTIONAL.

TASK NINE IS ALL ONLY LOCAL FUNDS.

SO ONE THROUGH SEVEN IS STATE AND FEDERAL.

AND NUMBER NINE IS LOCAL THERE.

SO SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND ARE LIKE THE THE VERY FIRST PRESENTATION YOU HEARD TONIGHT WITH BRIAN. HE TALKED ABOUT THE SURTAX.

WE HAVE A SPECIFIC ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT EFFORT.

SO THAT'S DESCRIBED THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE EMTEC, WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HEARD SOME.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE AND MORE ON THAT AS IT GETS FURTHER ESTABLISHED.

AND ALSO OUR STATE AND FEDERAL ADVOCATES, WE HAVE IN TALLAHASSEE AND WASHINGTON, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SPEND FEDERAL DOLLARS ON THAT.

SO WE NEED TO USE OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION FUNDING THAT COMES FROM, YOU KNOW, MEMBER GOVERNMENTS. AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO, TO CONDUCT THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES. SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THE TASKS.

THAT'S BASICALLY EVERYTHING IN THE UP.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU GO INTO THOSE TASKS, YOU CAN SEE IN DETAIL WHAT'S, WHAT ARE WE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THESE? SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THEY'RE LAID OUT.

THIS IS KIND OF GIVEN TO US BY THE STATE AS A GUIDELINE OF THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IT LOOK LIKE. I TOOK TASK FIVE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY SHORT.

SO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT THE TOP, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE PURPOSE. WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? PREVIOUS WORK COMPLETED.

THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE CURRENT.

WELL, THE PREVIOUS PWP REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS LIKE THE DAY TO DAY THAT YOU'LL SEE STAFF WORKING ON WORK PRODUCTS, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS, AND COMPLETION DATES WHEN THEY EXPECT TO BE FINISHED, AND THEN YOU SCROLL PAST THAT.

YOU'LL HAVE TWO BUDGET TABLES, ONE FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR, THE UPWP IT'LL THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE ONE.

THERE'S A MUCH MORE COMPLEX ONES FOR SOME OF THE OTHER TASKS.

BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IS BUDGETED TO STAFF AND HOW MUCH IS BUDGETED FOR OUR CONSULTANTS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK THAT THE CONSULTANT IS GOING TO BE DOING.

OCCASIONALLY WE'LL GET A REQUEST FROM YOU KNOW, THE FEDS TO PROVIDE A SCOPE OR SOMETHING.

AND ACTUALLY THAT USED TO BE THE STANDARD. WE PROVIDED SCOPES FOR EVERY SINGLE CONSULTANT ACTIVITY WE HAD. AND IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE TOO MUCH BECAUSE THEY'VE SCALED IT BACK AND SAID, LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU PROVIDE ENOUGH DETAIL IN YOUR UPWP, WE CAN GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, THE INITIAL GREEN LIGHT THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS LET US KNOW THROUGHOUT THE COMMENT PERIOD THAT WHEN IT OPENS UP, IF WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL DETAIL OR BEEF ANYTHING UP.

THIS IS JUST A SLIDE. I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF HOW WE ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE P A'S THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GOING ON.

CALL FOR PLANS AND STUDIES. THIS IS ALWAYS HOW WE KIND OF KICK OFF THE UPW P UPDATE.

SO WE ALWAYS KICK THAT OFF IN JANUARY AND IT ENDED FEBRUARY 9TH.

SO YOU KNOW, THANKS IF YOU CONTRIBUTED ANY FEEDBACK.

WE ALSO HAD THE SECOND BULLET HERE. IT'S NOT REALLY THAT APPLICABLE TO THIS GROUP, BUT WE AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING TODAY WITH THE TAC, THIS IS SOMETHING FOR THEM.

WE REQUEST. AND IT'S A, YOU KNOW, A FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IN TMAS OR, YOU KNOW POPULATED AREAS LIKE WE ARE IN TO REQUEST THIS FROM YOUR TAC AND THIS IS BASICALLY ANY OTHER PLANNING PROJECTS, NON MPO FUNDED OR PERFORMED.

WE NEED TO AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, TRY TO FEATURE THOSE IN OUR, IN OUR UPW, P AND APPENDIX E SO AND IT'S TYPICALLY WE DON'T GET TOO MUCH.

IT'S USUALLY THE LARGER AGENCIES, YOUR BCT'S, YOUR SFRA. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO USUALLY PROVIDE THESE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO NEXT STEPS AFTER TODAY, THIS IS GOING TO GO TO OUR BOARD IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE DRAFT.

AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO SUBMIT FOR OFFICIAL COMMENTS FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING AGENCIES. IT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, WE KICK OFF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

SO THAT'LL GO OUT IN THE PAPERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THE OTHER MEANS THAT WE USE TO, TO GET THE WORD OUT.

AND AT APRIL 22ND, THAT'S GOING TO CLOSE.

WE HOPEFULLY GET OUR COMMENTS IN IN TIME AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE.

SO IT'S USUALLY A QUICK TURNAROUND.

AND AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL IN APRIL WITH THE FINAL UP FOR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. AFTER THAT, ONCE THE BOARD IS DONE APPROVING ON MAY 9TH.

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AND AFTER THAT, IT'S SUBMITTED TO BACK TO THE STATE AND THE FEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HOPEFULLY SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED ALL OF THE COMMENTS THAT THEY PROVIDED US.

AND AS LONG AS EVERYTHING'S GOOD, IT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2024. SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION ON THE UP.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHAIR REINHART.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? I GUESS NOT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CARL.

YEP. THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM NOW IS NON ACTION THREE REPORT FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF

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YEAH. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I THINK WE'RE LAST, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT LEAST.

MY NAME IS LARRY HEIMOWITZ.

I'M WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE A ONE A MULTI-MODAL STUDY IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE 28 MILE LENGTH OF A ONE. A WITH ME IS MY PART OF MY CONSULTANT TEAM WITH TRAN SYSTEMS. HE'S THE LEAD CONSULTANT AND I HAVE WADE WALKER HERE WITH KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES.

THIS REQUEST FOR THIS STUDY BEGAN IN THE 2020 MPO MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST THAT'S SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT EVERY YEAR FOR FUNDING.

AND WE INITIATED THIS STUDY LAST FEBRUARY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY.

SO WADE WILL COVER THE THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH AND AGENCY INPUT.

AND WILL EXPLAIN HOW WE USE THE INPUT AND THE DATA AND ANALYSIS TO DEVELOP PLANNING LEVEL CONCEPTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO MAKE THE CORRIDOR MORE COMPLETE STREET AND RESILIENT AND SAFE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO WADE.

THANK YOU. LARRY. WADE WALKER, KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES LIKE LARRY SAID, THE ENTIRE 28 MILES AND KIND OF GOING DOWN THAT LIST, ONE OF THE REALLY KEY COMPONENTS WAS IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL THINGS WE WOULD DO, BEEN LOOKING AT DATA AND EVALUATING YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, WHAT THE ISSUES MAY BE ON THE CORRIDOR.

WE WENT OUT TO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BROUGHT THEM IN AND ASKED THEM, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE ON THE CORRIDOR? REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE NINE MUNICIPALITIES.

BROWARD COUNTY AND THEN WHAT WE CALL SPECIAL USERS, SUCH AS THE FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, PORT EVERGLADES AND THE BROWARD COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER.

WE INTERVIEWED ALL OF THEM BETWEEN MAY AND AUGUST FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES.

WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO MEETINGS HERE, I THINK, RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL AT THE MPO WHERE WE HAD BIG SHEETS OF PAPER AND WE WROTE DOWN, WE WE WENT A ROUND TABLE TO THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND ASKED THEM, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE CORRIDOR? WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU HAVING ISSUES WITH? WHAT ARE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE DONE THAT CAN START TO MEET SOME OF THESE GOALS THAT LARRY TALKED ABOUT? AND OUT OF THAT, WHAT WE WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WERE BASICALLY FOR FOCUS FOR FOUR MAJOR FOCUS AREAS. ONE HAD TO DO WITH KIND OF THIS PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT, THE SIDEWALK CONTINUITY.

HOW DID THEY FUNCTION? DID THEY MEET ADA? AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS THAT AS YOU WENT THROUGH THE 28 MILES, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF CONSISTENCY WITH DIFFERENT TREATMENTS.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE MULTIMODALITY OF THE CORRIDOR.

YOU KNOW, WE STARTED SEEING, IN ADDITION TO WALKING AND BIKING, WE STARTED SEEING THESE LITTLE CONTRAPTIONS THAT LOOK LIKE THEY COULD COME OUT OF A DOCTOR SEUSS BOOK WITH PEOPLE RIDING ON THESE LITTLE ONE WHEELS AND BALANCING AND YOU KNOW, AND, AND GETTING INTO THESE THESE FASTER MOTORIZED KINDS OF CONVEYANCES AS WELL.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HEARD WERE THAT DELIVERY TRUCKS DELIVERIES WOULD BE EITHER PULLING UP ON SIDEWALKS AND BLOCKING SIDEWALKS OR PULLING INTO BIKE LANES AND BLOCKING BIKE LANES ON PARTS OF THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT BIKE, WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT BIKE FACILITIES. SOME PLACES THEY WERE NON-EXISTENT.

SOME PLACES THEY THEY WEREN'T REALLY AS SAFE AS THEY COULD BE OR AS UTILIZED AS THEY COULD

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A IS MAIN STREET FOR A LOT OF THESE COMMUNITIES IS AN ECONOMIC ENGINE, BUT IT'S THE MAIN STREET FOR BOTH THE LOCALS AS WELL AS THE TOURISTS THAT THAT COME TO THE BEACH AS WELL. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMING TO THE BEACH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD IN THE BEACH COMMUNITIES WAS THAT THEY WANTED IT TO BE A LOT SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS THE STREET IF THEY'RE SHOPPING ON THE MAIN STREET SIDE AND THEN WALKING ACROSS TO THE BEACH. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A1 A NOT BE AS MUCH OF A BARRIER AS THEY SEE IT TODAY.

THEY ALSO FELT THAT TRAFFIC TRAVELED TOO FAST.

SO I THINK ONE OF THE PREVIOUS PRESENTERS MADE THE MADE THE COMMENT THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE SOFT AND THEY BREAK WHEN THEY'RE HIT BY VEHICLES.

ABSOLUTELY. THE CASE, SO WE WANTED TO DO WHAT WE COULD TO REDUCE THOSE SPEEDS, REDUCE THAT SEVERITY OF CRASHES, AND HOPEFULLY ELIMINATE THE THE, THE FATALITIES AS WELL.

FINAL THING THAT WE HEARD WAS FROM THE COMMUNITIES WAS THAT THEY'RE SEEING ISSUES RECENTLY WITH FLOODING AND PONDING WHERE THEY DIDN'T SEE IT BEFORE.

AND SO WERE THERE THINGS THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED FROM A RESILIENCY STANDPOINT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT AS WELL? SO THE DESIGN TEAM WENT BACK, TOOK ALL OF THAT INPUT, TOOK ALL OF THE THE 20 OR SO SHEETS OF NOTES OFF OF THE WALLS AND ACTUALLY WORKED OVER MAPS AND STARTED TO LOOK AT COMBINING WITH THE, WITH THE DATA THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE.

LOOKING AT WHERE IN THE, WHERE ARE THE AREAS THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON AND WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS? WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL CONCEPTS, IDEAS THERE? WE PLACED ALL THOSE ON MAPS AND THEN WE INVITED EVERYBODY THAT WE TALKED TO BACK FOR AROUND FOR AN OPEN HOUSE THAT WE HAD BACK IN NOVEMBER OVER IN THAT ROOM AT THE HERE AT THE MPO. WE LAID MAPS OUT ON THE TABLE, BROUGHT EVERYBODY IN, HAD THEM GO THROUGH THEIR COMMUNITIES.

OR DID WE HEAR YOU RIGHT? OR WE START, DOES THIS START TO ADDRESS WHAT WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT? AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE HEARD, YEAH, THIS, THIS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. BUT YOU KNOW, WE NEED A TWEAK HERE, A TWEAK. THEIR TEAM WENT BACK, MADE THOSE TWEAKS DRAFTED IN KIND OF THOSE FINAL IDEAS AND CONCEPTS FROM OPEN HOUSE ONE.

WE HAD A SECOND OPEN HOUSE BACK IN JANUARY HERE AT THE MPO, DID THE SAME THING, BROUGHT EVERYBODY BACK IN, SAID, DID WE GET IT RIGHT? DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THIS DIRECTION IS MOVING FORWARD AND THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY GAVE US A THUMBS UP, MORE OR LESS.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ADDRESSING DIFFERENT COMMENTS THAT WE'D HEARD AS WELL.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS.

ALL RIGHT. THANKS, WADE.

SO BESIDES WHAT WE HEARD AND SEE THE INPUTS WE GOT FROM THE LOCAL.

SO WE REVIEWED A LIBRARY OF PLANS AND STUDIES FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES COUNTY, CITY DOT STATE, MPO AND DID A LOT OF RESEARCH BEFORE WE EVEN START DOING THE PROJECT.

AND, AND PART OF PART OF THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE A LONG LIST OF ANALYSIS ITEMS, WE WENT OUT TO THE FIELD TO COLLECT DATA AND PERFORM FIELD VISITS AND KIND OF QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE HOT SPOTS WE SAW FROM THE ANALYSIS.

AND WE DID SAFETY ANALYSIS, ESPECIALLY FOCUSING ON CRASHES INVOLVING PEOPLE WALKING AND BIKING AND SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

AND WE DID TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOCUSED ON CAPACITY AND OPERATION.

WE DID PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC LEVEL TRAFFIC OR LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS ANALYSIS.

WE ALSO DID RESILIENCE SCREENING TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY OF THE, THE FACILITIES. RESILIENCY CONCERNS.

WE ALSO HAVE A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN LEVEL.

OH, NO. I MEAN, I MEANT TO SAY THAT TRANSIT QUALITY.

QUALITY OF SERVICE ANALYSIS THAT LOOK AT THE, THE LEVEL OR THE OR THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICE THAT TRANSIT EXISTING TRANSIT PROVIDES. WE USED A LOT OF THESE ANALYSIS TO HELP INFORM DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING THE IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS.

RIGHT. SO IN TERMS OF IMPROVEMENT CONCEPT, WE HAVE TWO CATEGORIES.

THE FIRST CATEGORY IS SOMETHING WE PROPOSE TO BE APPLIED FOR THE ENTIRE 28 MILES OF THE CORRIDOR. THE TOP TWO CANDIDATES, THE TOP TWO CONCEPTS ARE ONE ESTABLISHING A CORRIDOR WIDE TARGET SPEED OF 30MPH, AND TO REINFORCE THAT TARGET SPEED BY IMPLEMENTING FREQUENT AND CONSISTENT SPEED MANAGEMENT DEVICES.

BECAUSE WE CANNOT JUST ARTIFICIALLY LOWER THE SPEED,

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I MEAN, WE BELIEVE LIKE BY IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC STRATEGIES LIKE THIS WILL HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC SPEED AND ALSO IMPROVE DRIVING BEHAVIOR THAT CAN REALLY BRING THEM ALL BETTER IN LINE WITH HOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE USING THIS CORRIDOR.

AS WE MENTIONED, LIKE SHOPPING AND DINING, SIGHTSEEING, VISITING, LIKE TAKING BUSSES, YOU KNOW, GO TO BEACHES.

SO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE ALL THE USERS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR AND SLOW THE TRAFFIC SPEED DOWN. MAKE THEIR CALM DOWN, HARMONIZE THEIR DRIVING BEHAVIOR IS REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THOSE ROAD USERS.

AND BESIDES THOSE, WE ALSO SEE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OF, OF IMPLEMENTING OF, OF IMPROVING RESILIENCY ALONG THE STRATEGY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, RAISING ROAD PROFILES AND IMPROVED DRAINAGE AND OF COURSE, MORE. AND WE HAVE QUITE A LONG LIST OF, OF THE CORRIDOR WIDE STRATEGIES.

AND THE GROUP TWO IS MORE LOCATION SPECIFIC, WHICH WE WILL START TALKING ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES. YEAH. SO WHENEVER WE START TO LOOK AT THE, THE SPECIFIC LOCATIONAL CONCEPTS AND IDEAS THEY'RE REALLY ALL GEARED TOWARD THOSE CORRIDOR WIDE STRATEGIES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE TARGET SPEED OF 30 MILES AN HOUR IS REALLY CRITICAL BECAUSE IT REALLY LETS US OPEN THE BOOK TO THE THINGS WE CAN DO FROM A SPEED MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO DO VERTICAL DEFLECTIONS AS WELL AS HORIZONTAL.

AND SO THESE VERTICAL DEFLECTIONS, WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THEM, THINGS LIKE RAISED INTERSECTIONS, RAISED CROSSWALKS, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS THE RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS, PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS, THOSE ALL IN ADDITION TO AIDING WITH THE SPEED MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING SAFER, MORE COMFORTABLE FACILITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AS WE LOWER THOSE VEHICLE SPEEDS, THAT INTERACTION CAN REDUCE THE SEVERITY AND EVEN THE OCCURRENCE OF THOSE VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN OR PEDESTRIAN, BICYCLE OR BICYCLE CRASHES AS WELL.

SO WE HAD 30 DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT, THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT BEST PRACTICES AND FOUND 30 DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT COULD HAVE AN APPLICABILITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED HERE WITH THE TIME, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY OCCUR IN THE CORRIDOR. THERE'S OTHER THINGS SUCH AS YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WITH THE ROUNDABOUTS AS WELL AS SOME LANE REPURPOSING ON PART OF THE CORRIDOR AS WELL AND REPURPOSING FOR, FOR OTHER USES. SO THEN WE TOOK THOSE DIFFERENT MEASURES AND WE APPLIED THEM TO THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE SAW THOSE HOTSPOTS.

AND THE THINGS THAT WE HAD HEARD SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, WE HEARD FROM EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS TO THINGS THAT, THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE ADDRESSED.

SO THE MAPS GO THE ENTIRE 28 MILES THROUGH ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

AND IT SPECIFICALLY LOCATES WHERE THESE CONCEPTS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED ALONG THE CORRIDOR. YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THESE LOCATIONS MAY HAVE MULTIPLE NUMBERS.

SO IF YOU HAVE A MID-BLOCK CROSSING WITH A RATE THAT'S RAISED WITH A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND AND A A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON.

THAT'S 3 OR 4 MEASURES THAT COULD HAPPEN AT ONE LOCATION.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S MULTIPLE NUMBERS ON HERE.

BUT WE HAVE THIS FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES, ALL 28 MILES.

THESE ARE THE MAPS THAT WE BROUGHT IN AS DRAFT TO THE FIRST OPEN HOUSE.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DID A REFINEMENT FOR THE FOR THE SECOND OPEN HOUSE.

AND THIS IS THE WAY THE INFORMATION WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE FINAL REPORT, WHICH IS FORTHCOMING BREAKING THAT DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES.

THIS SHOWS KIND OF SOME OF THE FLAVOR OF SOME OF THE CONCEPTS, AS WELL AS THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF CONCEPTS INCLUDED IN EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THIS FEEDS INTO THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL WALK THROUGH.

THANKS. WAIT. SO THE PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION, WE REALLY ORGANIZED THEM BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT WAYS. FIRST BY TIME FRAME, SHORT TERM.

MID TERM AND LONG TERM.

SECOND BY MUNICIPALITY.

YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT CITIES.

WE ORGANIZE THEM BY DIFFERENT CITIES OR TOWNS.

THIRD ONE IS NOT ON THIS SLIDE BUT WE ARE ACTUALLY ORGANIZE THEM BY CONCEPT TYPE TYPE OF CONCEPT. SO WE ARE FLEXIBLE IN, IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION.

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WE ALSO LOOK AT INFORMATION AND WE PROVIDED PLANNING LEVEL PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE FOR EACH CONCEPT.

AND ALSO WE IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES TO HELP IMPLEMENT THESE CONCEPTS.

AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU SEE AN EXAMPLE OF OF A FACT SHEET FACT SHEET.

AND IN THAT FACT SHEET WE HAVE INFORMATION LIKE LOCATION OF THIS CONCEPT COST AND AND OTHER CONSIDERATION LIKE DESIGN AND AND, AND ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS.

SO WE BELIEVE, LIKE, WE BELIEVE, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS A, IS A, IS A KEY.

AND WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THIS CAN REALLY PROVIDE A HELP OR GUIDANCE TO TRANSITION THE PROJECT FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION STAGE.

AND NEXT, LARRY WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE MPO COMING UP IN MARCH.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, WE WILL PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THE STUDY AND WE WILL LOOK TO PARTNER ALONG WITH THE MPO WITH LOCAL AGENCIES ALONG, A ONE A TO TRY AND FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THESE CONCEPTS AS PART OF THE MPO PROGRAMS AND AS PART OF FDOT PROJECTS LIKE RESURFACING PROJECTS OR SAFETY PROJECTS.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO RECOMMEND THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR SUBMIT LETTERS OR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT TO FURTHER BOLSTER ANY APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FROM THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS.

AND TO WRAP THINGS UP WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND IF YOU, IF ANYTHING COMES TO MIND FOLLOWING THIS MEETING, YOU'RE WELCOME TO CONTACT US.

WITH THIS CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAILS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE.

GREGORY GALE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A WELL THOUGHT OUT PRESENTATION.

I THINK YOUR SLIDE 11 IS BRILLIANT.

I THINK MANY TIMES YOU SEE INFORMATION AND IT'S JUST LIKE ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS ROADWAY AND PROVIDING SOLUTIONS BASED ON THE ROADWAY, DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES, I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

SO KUDOS FOR THAT. I DO HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS.

IN TERMS OF THE CHOICES, THE IDEAS THAT YOU HAD TO FOR TRAFFIC.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF CLOSING PARTS OF THE ROADWAY BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE ON THAT ROADWAY OR USE THAT AREA.

SO I'M THINKING OF WE'RE ON IN FORT LAUDERDALE ON THE BEACH WHERE THE W HOTEL IS.

WHENEVER I DRIVE THERE, IT'S ALMOST SPRING BREAK EVERY SINGLE TIME.

AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST WALKING ACROSS THE ROAD, NO CARE FOR TRAFFIC. AND SO AS PART OF YOUR EXPLORING DID ANYONE MENTION OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF ACTUALLY CLOSING SECTIONS OF THE ROADWAY AND REROUTING TRAFFIC? FOR THAT PART OF TOWN? SO I BELIEVE I WILL TAKE A SHOT AT ANSWERING SOME OF THIS.

SO I BELIEVE WE, WE DO LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS FOR OPTIONS LIKE LANE REPURPOSING, LIKE CONVERTING SOME TRAVEL LANES TO OTHER USERS.

WE LOOK AT OPPORTUNITY LIKE THAT, WHETHER THAT'S, THAT'S FOR THAT SPECIFIC SEGMENT.

I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE, BUT I AM SURE THAT WE HAVE A CONCEPT THAT LOOKS AT REALLY ARE RAISED TO IMAGINE THAT PIECE OF ROADWAY.

THAT'S A ONE WAY PAIR, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PIECE AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH.

YEAH. BECOMES A ONE WAY PAIR.

SO THE COASTAL SIDE BECOMES NORTHBOUND ONLY IN THE THE INNER SIDE IS THE SOUTHBOUND THAT THAT PIECE. WE DO HAVE SOME CONCEPT OF CONVERTING THE EXISTING BIKE LANE AND RAISE EXISTING BIKE LANE AND REALLY CONNECT WITH THE WIDE SIDEWALK AND MAKE THEM INTO A,

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SO, SO, SO THE HUMAN FACTOR IS THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INTOXICATED WALKING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, RIGHT? AND SO YOU'RE DRIVING AND THEY'RE NOT BEING OBSERVANT.

AND SO THE THOUGHT IS, IS THERE NOT ANOTHER WAY? DID ANYONE EXPLORE MAYBE A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING WHICH REMOVES CARS BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

THEY WANT TO GO TO THE BEACH.

IS THERE A WAY OR DID ANYONE THINK OF ANY IDEAS TO SORT OF REROUTE TRAFFIC TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM THE HOTEL TO THE BEACH WITHOUT HAVING TO INTERACT WITH CARS? THAT'S REALLY THE THOUGHT.

AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD DO THAT.

I'M JUST SAYING, DID ANYONE BRING THAT UP AS A POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE THAT DOES HAPPEN IN OTHER CITIES WHERE THEY'VE LITERALLY JUST STOPPED CARS AND REPURPOSED ROADS TO BECOME PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS? YEAH, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME INTERSECTIONS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE CONSIDERED SCRAMBLE INTERSECTIONS. IN OTHER WORDS, ALL PHASES OF THE SIGNAL COME TO A STOP.

AND THEN PEDESTRIANS HAVE TOTAL, LIKE TOTAL CONTROL OF THAT INTERSECTION.

DURING THAT DURING THAT MOMENT, THOSE, THAT TIME PERIOD THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU'RE WITNESSING POTENTIALLY. WELL, YEAH. AND I, I, I, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT THE ONLY THE PEDESTRIANS ARE DRINKING.

I THINK THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS AS WELL.

AND MY FINAL THOUGHT IS YOU KNOW, MIAMI BEACH RIGHT NOW IS DEALING WITH SPRING BREAK EVERY YEAR. THEY HAVE TO HAVE CROWD CONTROL.

WAS THERE ANY THOUGHT IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN CONTROL CROWD THE CROWD.

WE REALLY RELIED ON THE LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE LOCAL ISSUES ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND WHAT, WHAT SPECIFIC NEEDS THEY MIGHT HAVE.

AND THEN WE ADDED ON TO THAT FROM THE DATA AND ANALYSIS WE DID.

SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE HEARD THAT FROM THE LOCAL AGENCY, BUT I DON'T THINK IT SORT OF HAPPENS.

I DON'T THINK MIAMI BEACH PLANNED FOR IT, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN FORT LAUDERDALE GOING FORWARD.

SO JUST A THOUGHT AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, I'M LOOKING AT LARRY, MAYBE WE CAN EXPAND THIS PROJECT TO ADD SOME MORE TASKS. BUT YEAH, SO, SO THIS, THIS, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING, FIRST OF ALL, AND IT'S YOU KNOW, MY, MY TECHNICAL MIND IS, IS KIND OF TURNING ON NOW.

SO IT'S, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT KIND OF SCENARIO.

SO OUR ANALYSIS FOCUSED MORE ON THE TYPICAL CONDITION, LIKE DAY TO DAY TYPICAL, AS YOU PROBABLY CAN SEE FROM.

SO WE'RE KIND OF DODGING YOUR QUESTION, BUT, BUT I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T THINK AGAIN, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN MIAMI BEACH PLANNED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

BUT THINGS DO HAPPEN AND WE ARE A DESTINATION LOCATION AND I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE A DESTINATION LOCATION. SO JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULDN'T.

SINCE WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE THIS A SAFER PLACE, IF WE WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE SOME STRUCTURAL BARRIERS TO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD THINGS OCCUR. YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT SUGGESTION FOR, I THINK FOR SOME NEXT STEPS WE CAN TAKE.

HOPEFULLY TAKE THAT INTO, I MEAN, OUTSIDE PROBABLY PROBABLY WILL BE BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING TO WRAP UP THIS STUDY IN MARCH.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT STEP, LIKE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT HOW TO DEAL WITH SPECIAL SPECIAL EVENTS LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. HEY, JUSTIN PROPHET.

YES. SO SO I'M AN AVID CYCLIST AND I'VE PROBABLY BIKED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY, HOW TO SAY IT, BUT I'VE RIDDEN THIS CORNER PROBABLY MORE THAN 50 TIMES.

NORTH AND SOUTH. AND SO I THINK, AND DARE I SAY, THIS IS THE HIGHEST BIKED CORRIDOR IN BROWARD COUNTY.

IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY IN TERMS OF NUMBER OF BIKERS ON GOING NORTH SOUTH. AND TO ME, WHATEVER YOU DO HERE, IT REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE HIGHEST FOCUSES ON BIKE SAFETY AND CORRIDOR SAFETY.

AND SO WHEN I SEE THINGS LIKE RAISED BIKE LANES, SIDEWALK LEVEL AND SOMETHING, AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AND YOU SAID A MULTI PURPOSE PATH, I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN ON THIS CORRIDOR IN A LOT OF PLACES, BECAUSE BIKES ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE ON THE

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BECAUSE A MULTI PURPOSE PATH WITH A TYPE WITH THE LEVEL AND THE FREQUENCY AND THE LARGE GROUPS OF BIKES THAT OCCUR OUT THERE, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK.

AND YOU MIGHT EVEN CREATE ADDITIONAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS.

SO PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND.

BECAUSE YOU JUST GO OUT THERE ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND YOU SEE A BUNCH OF BIKERS AND LARGE GROUPS ON THE ROADWAY AND YOU'LL SEE, OH YEAH, A RAISED BIKE LANE AT THE SIDEWALK LEVEL.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK IN A LOT OF PLACES.

DARE I SAY IT WILL PROBABLY WON'T WORK AT ALL IN THAT CORRIDOR AT A AT A 30 MILE TARGET SPEED, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THE CONCEPTS IMPLEMENTED AT THAT SPEED, BIKES COULD USUALLY TAKE THE LANE, COULD TAKE THE WHOLE LANE AT THAT SPEED.

SO, AND I BELIEVE WITH THE RAISED BIKE LANE IS TRYING TO DO IS JUST CREATE A, A SEPARATION FROM THE, FROM THE TRAFFIC.

SO YEAH, WE'RE UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN PALM BEACH.

YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE RAISED BIKE LANE. THAT'S THE THING.

THEY TRAVEL IN LARGE GROUPS JUST AND I'M SAYING, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I SAY IT HERE IS BECAUSE YOU SEE THAT ALL OVER THE PLACE ON ON WEEKENDS AND IN THE MORNINGS, JUST GO OUT THERE.

YOU'LL SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND I THOSE THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT PROBABLY NOT USE A RAISED BIKE LANE.

THEY WOULD STILL USE THE ROAD.

JUST POINTING THAT OUT.

YEAH. SO, SO, SO I'LL JUST ADDRESS THE, THE RACE BIKE LANE.

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH CAME DIRECTLY FROM CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IN THAT SEGMENT, RIGHT? IN KIND OF THE, THE DOWNTOWN.

WE HEARD FROM THEM AND WE ALSO OBSERVED ACTIVITY WHERE PEOPLE WERE RIDING SOUTH IN THE NORTHBOUND BIKE LANE.

OH YEAH. THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE ON THE BEACH. YEAH. SO THE THOUGHT PROCESS THERE WAS, CAN WE PROVIDE A FACILITY FOR TWO DIRECTION BIKE TRAVEL? AND WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE, THE, THE WAY THAT THE, THE THE BEACHFRONT IS DONE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY AND THE TREES.

AND IF YOU ACTUALLY WIDEN THE AREA FROM THE TREES INTO WHERE THE BIKE LANE IS TODAY, YOU CAN CREATE A RAISED, SEPARATED, TWO WAY FACILITY.

SO THAT THAT PIECE WAS REALLY LOOKING PRETTY SPECIFICALLY AT THAT AREA WHERE WE, WHERE WE SAW A LOT OF BIKE TRAFFIC, SLOWER MOVING BIKE TRAFFIC, AND QUITE FRANKLY, A LOT OF TOURISTS, KIDS, ALL AGES AND ABILITIES AND TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT, KNOWING THAT, THAT THE, THE AVID CYCLISTS, THE ROAD CYCLISTS ARE GOING TO TAKE THE LANE.

AND LIKE LARRY SAID, IF WE COULD GET THE SPEEDS TO SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT 45 MILES AN HOUR, THEN IT BECOMES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT, EVEN FOR THE ROAD CYCLISTS AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MICHAEL SMITH YES, THAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE TWO WAY BICYCLES YOU JUST DESCRIBED, WHICH REMINDS ME OF AT LEAST NEARLY HALF A CENTURY AGO, I SAW TWO WAY BIKE LANES IN A RAISED AREA BEYOND THE RAISED SIDEWALK IN COPENHAGEN.

SO THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS.

ANYWAY MY QUESTIONS IS NOTING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO THE PLAN IS TO REDUCE LANES ON A1. A I WONDERED IF STORM EVACUATION IT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

SO, SO I WOULD LIKE TO CLEAR.

I MEAN, WE ONLY LOOK AT OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN SPOTS OF LANE REPURPOSING.

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT NORTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD, ALONG A ONE A UP TO LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.

THAT'S A MULTI-LANE THOROUGHFARE.

NOW, SO DO YOU PLAN TO REDUCE THE LANES DOWN? WE. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY CONCEPT AT THIS LAYING REPURPOSING CONCEPT AT THAT LOCATION AND THE NORTH OF SUNRISE HIGHWAY, NORTH OF SUNRISE, LIKE IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF SUNRISE BECOMES TWO LANE OR ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WITH PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.

SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A PREVIOUS LANE REPURPOSING PROJECT.

THE FDOT DID AFTER HURRICANE SANDY.

SO. WELL, THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION THEN, DOESN'T IT? THAT WAS DONE. LET ME ACTUALLY ADDRESS SOMETHING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE ONES IS THE EAST WEST PIECE OF DANIA BEACH BOULEVARD,

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THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF THE LANE REPURPOSING. ITS FOUR LANES, TWO LANES EACH DIRECTION.

CURRENTLY, WHAT WE LOOKED AT THERE WAS MAINTAINING TWO LANES ON ONE SIDE, REPURPOSING THE OUTSIDE TRAVEL LANES TO A SEPARATED BIKEWAY, BUT MAINTAINING 14FT OF WIDTH SO THAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES COULD STILL USE THAT AS INGRESS EGRESS DURING EVACUATION EVENTS.

WELL, THAT'S SOMETHING AND THESE ARE THESE ARE PLANNING LEVEL CONCEPTS.

SO FOR TO IMPLEMENT THE LANE REPURPOSING WOULD REQUIRE RIGOROUS ANALYSIS AND APPROVAL, FDOT APPROVAL IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

THANKS. THANK YOU. HEY, MARK.

YES. YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.

OKAY. YOU SHOULD BE ON THE MICROPHONE.

IT'S NOT WORKING, BUT I CAN HEAR THE CHECKING.

MIKE IS ON. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

OKAY. YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME REAL QUICK.

AND I THINK MIKE HAD KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT.

AND I THINK GREG HAD ALSO IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING.

AND AGAIN, IT'S A PLANNING EXERCISE FOR QUITE A DISTANCE.

HAVE YOU LOOKED IN OTHER AVENUES, LIKE MIKE HAD SUGGESTED A FEW YEARS AGO? HE WAS IN COPENHAGEN. HAVE YOU GUYS REVIEWED OTHER COASTAL COMMUNITIES WITH SIMILAR ACTIVITIES WHERE THERE'S HOTELS, ACTIVITIES LIKE NEXT TO, YOU KNOW. SURE. I CAN DO THAT ONE.

IT'S WORKING NOW. OH, THERE WE GO. NOW, NOW I'M REALLY LOUD.

OKAY. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT OTHER COMMUNITIES OR OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE SUCH AN ATTRACTION? THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND IN TERMS OF, AND I'M SORRY TO THINK THIS WAY, BUT GREG PUT IT IN MY HEAD WHERE YOU HAVE YOU HAVE AN INFLUX OF COLLEGE KIDS AND PEOPLE WALKING ON SIDEWALKS WANTING TO GO TO THE BEACH. THEY'RE GETTING DISTRACTED, THEY'RE YOUNG.

AND THERE'S ALSO PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING LIKE THAT.

THE FIRST THING THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND IS A PHYSICAL BARRIER, WHICH WE'VE ALL PROBABLY SEEN.

IF YOU'VE GONE TO LAS VEGAS, WHERE THE CURBS ARE EXTREMELY HIGH AND YOU HAVE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES GOING OVER TO CROSS FROM ONE CASINO TO THE OTHER CASINO, OR ONE ATTRACTION TO THE OTHER ATTRACTION FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF DRIVING 30MPH.

THAT WAY THE DRIVER CAN PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN FRONT OF THEM AND BEHIND THEM, BUT CONTROLLING THAT SPEED.

OTHER THAN HAVING SPEED HUMPS AND OTHER DETERRENTS TO SLOW THE DRIVER.

SO I GUESS MY MAJOR QUESTION IS, OTHER THAN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN THE BROWARD COUNTY, FORT LAUDERDALE AREA, HAVE WE TAKEN A LOOK AT OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD TO GET IDEAS FROM BECAUSE IT IS IN ITS PLANNING STATE? SO WE LOOKED AT I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT THIS.

SO WE LOOK AT A FEW EXAMPLES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, MARTIN COUNTY, AND ALSO IN UNIVERSITY FLORIDA AROUND, I THINK, UNIVERSITY DRIVE IN UF AREA.

SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH STILL WITHIN A STATE OF FLORIDA BECAUSE OF OUR THE WAY WE DO THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. AND ALSO ANOTHER DRIVING FACTOR IS, IS THE CORRIDOR IS PRETTY UNIQUE.

THE CONTEXT OF THIS CORRIDOR.

WE HAVE LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE BUSINESS CENTER, WE HAVE HOTEL RESTAURANTS AND WE HAVE LIKE ALMOST LIKE A NATURE AREA.

I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE DANIA BEACH BOULEVARD STRETCH.

SO IT'S PRETTY UNIQUE.

IN ORDER TO FIND SOMETHING QUITE SIMILAR THAT THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.

BUT WE DID GO OUT, OUT OF, OUT OF OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY.

WE WENT, WE LOOK AT WHAT WHAT'S DONE IN MIAMI-DADE AND IN, IN PALM BEACH AND IN MARTIN AND ALSO IN, IN GAINESVILLE AREA.

YEAH. YEAH. HOPE THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YES. YEAH. AND I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE TRIED TO SNEAK IN SOME STUFF FROM NON FLORIDA COMMUNITIES. BUT WE I THINK WE GOT SOME OF THAT IN THERE AS WELL.

THAT'S RIGHT. IF TOM LANDER ONE I, I JUST THINK IT'S SUCH A UNIQUE AREA AND IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM EVEN SOUTH BEACH, MIAMI BEACH BECAUSE IT'S NARROW.

THIS IS A VERY A ONE A IS ON A VERY NARROW STRIP OF LAND.

HAVE WE, HAVE WE EVER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING TO GO WITH WITH THE WHO DOES, BUT IS HAVE WE LOOKED AT OTHER INTERMODAL

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I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT CONNECTS TO THE TO THE, THE, THE PORT PORT EVERGLADES, FOR SURE.

AND I JUST THINK IF WE CAN MOVE AND GET FEWER PEOPLE IN CARS IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT THOUGHT. SO PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS EXPANDING ITS EXISTING BUS SERVICE ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

THE BCT BROWARD STANDS FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

RIGHT? THEY DO HAVE SOME LIKE LIKE A MASTER PLAN LIKE, WHICH IS CALLED PRIMO PREMIUM TRANSPORT TRANSIT PLAN.

THEY LOOK AT I MEAN, IN THAT PLAN, THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED, PROBABLY LIKE A LIGHT RAIL CONNECT CONNECTING AIRPORT TO SEAPORT, TO CONVENTION CENTER AND, AND POTENTIALLY LATER ON EXPANSION TO DOWNTOWN AREA. BUT AS FAR AS A ONE, A, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I HAVEN'T SEEN LIKE A MAJOR KIND OF A DIFFERENT MODE OF PREMIUM TRANSPORTATION, LIKE LIGHT RAIL OR STREETCAR OR HEAVY RAIL, NOTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE DID MEET WITH BROWARD COUNTY REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR MAP PROJECTS, THEIR MOBILITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDES CONNECTING THE INTERMODAL CENTER BY THE AIRPORT WITH THE PORT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK WITH THEM TO MAXIMIZE, THE PROVISION OF THE MISSING BIKE GAP BETWEEN DANIA AND FORT LAUDERDALE THROUGH THE AIRPORT AREA. RIGHT. TRY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR ALIGNMENTS TO TRY TO SEE IF WE CAN GET A CONTINUOUS BIKE FACILITY THROUGH THERE.

YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO ADD TO THIS.

I JUST THINK IF WE DON'T GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS IN CONGESTED AREAS AND MORE AND MORE CONGESTED AREAS, EVEN MANHATTAN'S LOOKING AT HOW THEY CAN LIMIT THIS HIGH PRICE PERIODS OF TIME. ANOTHER THING IS OFFERING WHERE THE BUS SERVICE GOES FROM THE AIRPORT UP TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD OR COMMERCIAL, AND IT'S FREE.

IT GOES UP AND DOWN. YOU GET ON, YOU GET OFF.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE MONEY.

IT WOULD JUST PEOPLE MIGHT MAKE THE DECISION, NOT EVEN RENT A CAR. AND IF WE CAN FIND WAYS OF DOING THAT.

IT'LL BE GREAT. LISTEN, I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS GREAT, BUT WHO AM I? YOU KNOW, I'M JUST.

I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH.

I DIDN'T THINK YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE THAT.

OKAY. JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ.

KEEP IT BRIEF, WHICH IS USUALLY DIFFICULT FOR ME.

BUT ANYWAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I, I COME FROM THIS ASPECT THAT I'VE WORKED ON THESE PROJECTS MANY YEARS AGO FOR LAUDERDALE SEA BREEZE, A ONE, A, THE TWO WAY THING AND JUST WANT TO ASK MAKE A STATEMENT ON THAT.

PAUL MENTIONED THAT THIS IS DESIGNED MOSTLY FOR THE REGULAR PEAK HOUR DAY, RIGHT? AND I REMIND EVERYBODY, A NICE SUNNY WEEKEND, EVERYTHING GOES OUT, EVERYTHING GOES AWAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT WHEN PARTICULARLY THE THE ELBOW ROOM AREA FILLS UP. REALLY? THAT'S. YOU HAVE TO EXPECT IT.

THAT'S TRADITION. UNFORTUNATELY, I AVOID IT.

BUT NO, I AGREE. A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU MENTIONED HERE ARE VERY GOOD BECAUSE IT DOES MEET THE DAY TO DAY PROBLEMS THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE IT.

THAT'S USUALLY I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE ALSO DURING WEEK, WEEKDAYS AND ALL THAT.

I NOTICED THE SAME THING.

THE OTHER THING I WANT TO ASK YOU IS AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF NOT.

FORT LAUDERDALE HAD A RESTRICTION ALONG THAT TWO WAY SYSTEM THERE.

IN TERMS OF TRIPS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA BACK IN THE 90S AND EARLY 2000, THEY ESTABLISHED A LIMIT OF FOR PEAK HOUR TRIPS TO CONTROL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE BRINGING ALL THE BIG HOTELS AND EVERYTHING. THEY'LL SAY X NUMBER OF TRIPS. THAT'S ALL YOU CAN DO.

YOU COME IN WITH THIS HOTEL, YOU HAVE Y NUMBER OF TRIPS.

WELL, X PLUS X MINUS Y.

YOU'RE STILL YOU'RE STILL GOOD. DID WAS ANY OF THAT.

I THINK POMPANO BEACH HAD THE SAME THING SOMETIME BACK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO.

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SO TURING SO TURING. OKAY.

I GUESS I HEARD THREE COMPONENTS FROM YOUR QUESTION.

SO THE FIRST COMPONENT IS KIND OF THE TYPICAL WEEKDAY AND TYPICAL CONDITION.

LET ME ANSWER THAT REALLY QUICK.

SO OUR TYPICAL CONDITION REALLY INCORPORATE THE WEEKEND CONDITION.

WE KNOW WE OBSERVE THAT WEEKEND IS REALLY THE PEAK OF THIS CORRIDOR.

THE WEEKDAY COMMUTE HOURS, 7 TO 9.

THAT'S NOT THE THAT'S NOT THE PEAK.

7 TO 9, 4646. THAT'S NOT THE PEAK.

SO WE DID AN OBSERVATION AND WE COVERED THAT.

SO IN TERMS OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FROM THE LOCAL FROM CITY OF LAUDERDALE, WE, WE MET THEM WITH THEM ONE, TWO, THREE, THREE TIMES AT LEAST. RIGHT.

ONE, TWO, THREE AND PROBABLY A FOLLOW AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN PERSON.

SO I DON'T RECALL THE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING I DON'T RECALL THAT WAS SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT, BUT THEY, WE DID RECEIVE INPUT ABOUT WHERE CERTAIN LOOK LIKE LOCATION SPECIFIC TREATMENTS LIKE WHERE, WHERE THE WHERE HIGH PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ACTIVITIES IS EXPECTED, WHERE WE HAVE ISSUES.

FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S USE SUNRISE AS AN EXAMPLE.

THAT'S A BUSY AREA AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSING AT SUNRISE INTERSECTION AND ALSO THE INTERSECTION TO THE SOUTH, THE NINTH AVENUE AND NINTH STREET.

AND FURTHER SOUTH, THERE ARE A SPECIFIC LOCATION, BUT IN TERMS OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, I DON'T I DON'T SEEM TO RECALL.

WE HAVE SPECIFIC DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.

THE GROWTH GROWTH RATE. OH, SO HOW LIKE IN THE IN THE ANALYSIS PART, WE DID FACTOR IN THE GROWTH RATE FROM THE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL.

AND ALSO LOOK AT HISTORICAL HISTORICAL TREND.

WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE.

YEAH. THE THING WAS AGAIN THEY COULD HAVE CHANGED THE POLICY.

I CAN'T SAY THE LAST FEW YEARS, WHATEVER.

BUT IT USED TO BE THEY HAD A BIG TABLE, BIG EXCEL TABLE.

EACH PROJECT THAT'S COMING IN THAT YOU WORK ON THE CAPACITY OF THE ROADWAY, AND THEN YOU START SUBTRACTING EACH AVAILABLE CAPACITY.

EXACTLY. AND ANY COMMITTED DEVELOPMENT, THEY ALSO PUT THAT IN THERE.

AND THEN YOU WERE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN POINT DEPENDING ON THE SEGMENT OF THE ROADWAY.

YOU WERE THERE. SO THE DEVELOPMENT WAS CONTROLLED BY THAT.

AND THEN THEY HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL KINDS OF OTHER STUFF THAT THEY WANTED TO PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON THAT I DON'T AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL DO THAT.

IF NOT IF OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST SAYING IT WAS VERY STRICT A FEW YEARS AGO. WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THAT.

WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED ABOUT IT. THE QUESTION I WOULD HAVE, BY THE WAY, YOU MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT CONCURRENCY.

NO, NO, NO, THIS IS ACTUALLY ACTUAL TRIPS THERE.

AND ONE GENTLEMAN, ONE GENTLEMAN, I THINK HE REMEMBERS MR. JOHN ZYGIER BACK IN THE 80S, AND 90S AND I WORKED WITH HIM ON THIS.

THAT WAS THE MAIN THING FOR FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND WE HE ESTABLISHED HE HELPED ESTABLISH THE THE CAPACITY OF THOSE AREAS.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU IF THERE'S STILL CONSIDER THIS THE CITY ITSELF COULD STILL CONSIDER THAT, OR THEY JUST KIND OF WIDE OPEN DOWN, COME AND GO.

WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT FROM THEM.

OKAY. DURING OUR INTERVIEWS, WHAT I WILL SAY IS WHAT, WHAT IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A LOT OF CITIES DURING THE DAYS OF CONCURRENCY. THEY WOULD DO LIKE AN AREA WIDE TRANSPORTATION, CONCURRENCY, CONCURRENCY, EXCEPTION AREA THAT WOULD HAVE A TRIP CAP, RIGHT. AND SO YOU COULD DEVELOP UP TO THE TRIP CAP.

SO AND A LOT OF THEM HAD AN EQUIVALENCY MATRIX THAT LET YOU SWAP OUT LAND USES.

SO IF YOU HAD HOTEL OR RESIDENTIAL, THERE WAS LIKE AN EQUIVALENCY THAT YOU COULD MIX AND MATCH OR COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE, YOU COULD MIX AND MATCH THE DIFFERENT TYPES TO, TO, TO BASICALLY. AND THEN YOU WOULD CREDIT AGAINST THAT POOL.

RIGHT, RIGHT. AVAILABLE TRIPS. OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I REMEMBER THE OUT OF CONTROL FROM SUNRISE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AFTER THE MERGE TO THE SOUTH TO THE HOTEL THERE HAD A BRIDGE CROSSING MORE OR LESS TO THAT AREA.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS A POLICY AT THAT TIME OF THE CITY, AND IT WAS DUE SPECIFICALLY TO THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND SEA BREEZE.

OKAY. AND A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE IN THAT.

A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS CAME IN THE HOTELS AND ALL THAT CAME IN BASED UPON THAT AND EVEN

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BUT OKAY, THAT'S OKAY.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE I SAID, POLICIES CHANGE.

IT DIDN'T COME UP DURING OUR.

OKAY. I MEAN, THEY DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE.

ACTUALLY. THE EMR DID IS APPROVED AND THEY DID HAVE TRIPS.

THEY DID HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT TRIPS BECAUSE THAT TOOK YEARS.

THIS WAS RECENT. NO, I MEAN, THE MR. WAS BACK IN THE EARLY 2000.

THE FIRST TIME IT CAME OUT, I WAS THERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IT TAKES A WHILE.

ANYWAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

OKAY, WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN. APPRECIATE THE INFO.

ALRIGHTY. GO HOME. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE AT THAT POINT WE HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS HERE.

YOU SEE THEM FOR YOURSELVES.

SO I WANT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE LET'S GO BIKING EVENT IN MIRAMAR ON MARCH 16TH.

[8. Register Now - Let's Go Biking! at Miramar Regional Park - March 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.]

I HAD HOPED TO HAVE SOME TIME TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST ITEM, THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN WHICH RELATES TO THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, BUT WE RAN OUT OF TIME, SO WE'LL PICK THAT UP AT A LATER DATE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE RUNNING FORWARD, THOUGH. SO WE WANT TO KNOW AS MUCH AS WE CAN ABOUT THAT.

ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS?

[2. Member Comments]

FLORIDA SHOULD NOT ERASE CLIMATE CHANGE FROM THE LAW.

THERE ARE FOUR BILLS PENDING AS WE SPEAK IN THE, IN THE LEGISLATURE. SB 1624, HB 1645, HB 1301, AND SB 1032. AND MAINLY THESE ARE REVERSALS, INCLUDING STRIKE AT CLIMATE CHANGE LANGUAGE FROM CURRENT LAW AND HOW IT AFFECTS MPOS IN THE STATE AND FUTURE FOR ALL THE CITIZENS.

AND I JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT OF THAT POSSIBLE IMPACT ON MPOS, AUTHORITY AND RULE MAKING AND SO FORTH.

AND I'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME CONSIDERATION OF THOSE BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE COME TO THAT MAGIC MOMENT HERE WHERE WE CAN ADJOURN.

SO IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MOTION. OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION.

AND SECOND HERE FOR OUR RECORDS HERE.

OKAY, DARREN. MARK. HERE WE GO.

OKAY. WE VOTE YES OR NO IF YOU'RE DARING.

OKAY. THE MOTION IS PASSED.

WE'RE ADJOURNED. SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.